rainwater
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This word refers to water that falls as rain, especially when it is collected or treated as a usable water resource. It is also used as a Thai personal name or nickname.
rainwater
Water that has fallen as rain, particularly rainwater collected or used as a resource.
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ชาวบ้านรองน้ำฝนไว้ดื่ม chaaw bâan rɔɔŋ náam fǒn wáy dʉ̀ʉm The villagers collect rainwater for drinking. ชาวบ้านรองน้ำฝนไว้ดื่ม details
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ปีนี้ปริมาณน้ำฝนน้อย pii níi parímaan náam fǒn nɔ́ɔy Rainfall is low this year. ปีนี้ปริมาณน้ำฝนน้อย details
Learning notes
Explanation
น้ำฝน is formed from น้ำ (“water”) and ฝน (“rain”), so its literal image is “rain water.” While ฝน refers to rain as weather or as an event, น้ำฝน emphasizes the water itself—especially water collected for drinking, farming, or other uses. In ปริมาณน้ำฝน, it refers to the amount of rainfall. Because it is an uncountable substance, its quantity is normally expressed with a unit or container, as in น้ำฝนหนึ่งลิตร (“one liter of rainwater”) or น้ำฝนสองถัง (“two tanks of rainwater”). น้ำฝน is also used as a personal name or nickname, particularly for women.
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing rainwater collection and reuse, farming, watering plants, water shortages, or rainfall amounts. In introductions or when addressing someone, it may instead be the personal name Namfon.
Caution
To say that it is raining, use ฝนตก, not น้ำฝนตก. When น้ำฝน refers to a person, treat it as the name Namfon rather than translating it as “rainwater.”
Differences from similar words
1 rainwater synonyms
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ฝน is the general word for rain as weather or an event. น้ำฝน focuses on the actual water that falls or is collected from rain.