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Definition rainbow

Etymology

From Middle English reinbowe, reinbo?e, from Old English re?nboga (“rainbow”), 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”).

Noun

rainbow (plural rainbows)

1. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
2. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
3. (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
4. (figuratively) An illusion, mirage.
5. (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
6. (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
7. Rainbow trout.

Adjective

rainbow (not comparable)

1. Multicolored.
2. (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
3. (attributive) LGBT.
4. (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.

Verb

rainbow (third-person singular simple present rainbows, present participle rainbowing, simple past and past participle rainbowed)

1. (transitive) To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.

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