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Word entry · 7 letters

rainbow

Best crossword clue

"Seven-color arc"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹeɪnboʊ/Part of speech nounSorted abinorwStarts with REnds with W2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Colorful arc of light formed by reflection and refraction in water drops.

Word origin

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).

Used in a sentence

  • Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide.
  • a rainbow of possibilities
  • Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Seven-color arc7 letters
02Colorful arc7 letters

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