La pluie
the rain is 'la pluie'; to rain is 'pleuvoir'.
A rain gauge is 'un pluviomètre' (masc.) in French.
the rain = la pluie
according to http://translate.reference.com, there is no translation from English "raining" to french. Rain in french is pluie so, find a different way to say raining in french. Say: "My, look at all that rain" instead of "It's raining".
the rain - la pluie to rain - pleuvoir
In French, "rain" is feminine. The word for rain is "la pluie," where "la" indicates its feminine gender. This is consistent with many other nouns in French that are also assigned a gender.
Rain is "pluie" in French.
the rain: la pluie to rain: pleuvoir it's raining: il pleut
A parapluie is the French term for an umbrella. You can see this as "pluie" means rain in French.
If you want to say it is raining, it is "Il pleut". If you want to say rain then it is pluie.
j'aime la pluie
Rain in different languages: Spanish: lluvia French: pluie German: Regen Japanese: 雨 (ame)