Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sadëk. Equivalent to sataa (“to rain, precipitate”) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑdeˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝de̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑde
- Hyphenation(key): sa‧de
Noun
sade
- (meteorology) precipitation (any kind of precipitation from the sky (e.g. rain, snow, sleet, hailstones))
Sateet tulivat tänä vuonna myöhään.
The rains came late that year.
- (especially) rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)
- (by extension) rain (any matter moving or falling, usually through air)
Kranaattisade putosi asemiimme.
A rain of mortar fire fell on our positions.
Usage notes
sade on its own usually refers to rain. Snowfall, hailstorm etc. are also sade in Finnish, but are normally used with a modifier, e.g. lumisade (“snowing, snowfall”), raesade (“hailstorm”). It is also possible to use a modifier for rain specifically: vesisade.
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