rainier
adjective
rainier is an adjective meaning “comparative form of rainy: more rainy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-I-N-I-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rainier mean?
adjective
- 1
comparative form of rainy: more rainy
noun
- 1
A hybrid cherry cultivar, sweet with a thin skin and thick creamy-yellow flesh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rainier?
Rainier has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rainier?
Rainier appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does rainier come from?
Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).