sade

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (meteorology) precipitation any kind of precipitation from the sky (e.g. rain, snow, sleet, hailstones)
  • (by extension) rain any matter moving or falling, usually through air

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *sadek suffix from Finnish sataa (hundred partitive of sata).

Origin

Finnish

sataa

Gloss

hundred partitive of sata

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