cloudburst
cloud·burst/ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/noun
cloudburst is spelled C-L-O-U-D-B-U-R-S-T: 10 letters and 2 syllables (cloud·burst). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cloudburst means “A sudden heavy rainstorm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cloudburst is cloudbursts.
How many letters and syllables are in cloudburst?
| Letters | 10: C-L-O-U-D-B-U-R-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cloud·burst |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cloudburst?
Cloudburst appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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).
How do you pronounce cloudburst?
- US /ˈklaʊdˌbɝst/
- UK /ˈklaʊdˌbɜːst/
Cloudburst has 2 syllables, split cloud·burst in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-cloudburst.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cloudburst
- cloudbursts plural
- cloud-burst
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cloudburst mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sudden heavy rainstorm.
[H]e walked across the lawn, wet from a fleeting late-afternoon cloudburst, the first rain in a month.
- 2
A sudden downfall or shortcoming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cloudburst in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sudden heavy rainstorm:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cloudburst come from?
From cloud + burst.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).