rainstick

English

Alternative forms

• rain stick

Etymology

From rain +‎ stick.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rānstĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈreɪnstɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

rainstick (plural rainsticks)

1. A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.

Translations

rainstick

• Bulgarian: рейнстик m (rejnstik)
• Catalan: pal de pluja m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨聲器 / 雨声器 (yǔshēngqì)

• Czech: dešťová hůl f
• French: bâton de pluie (fr) m
• German: Regenmacher (de) m
• Greek: ξύλο της βροχής n (xýlo tis vrochís)
• Hungarian: esőbot
• Italian: bastone della pioggia m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnstav m

  Nynorsk: regnstav m

• Portuguese: pau de chuva m
• Russian: рейнстик (ru) m (rejnstik)
• Spanish: palo de lluvia m
• Swedish: regnpinne c
• Ukrainian: дощовиця f (doščovycja)

Anagrams

• Tracinski, trainsick