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Drizzle

Weather
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A weather term for very fine, light, and continuous rain consisting of tiny liquid droplets that hover delicately in the air.

Detailed Definition
Drizzle is gentle precipitation consisting of fine water droplets that fall more slowly and softly than ordinary rain. It often arrives beneath low gray clouds and can leave streets, fields, and clothing gradually soaked without the drama of a storm. For poets, drizzle creates an atmosphere of persistence, muted feeling, urban solitude, or a landscape softened into blur and reflection.
Example
Example in poetry:
Drizzle blurred the windows and softened the traffic into a distant hiss; “In drizzle, the city learned to speak more quietly,” uses light rain to create a subdued mood; A poet may choose drizzle rather than a storm when the feeling is persistence, loneliness, or hesitation; Drizzle on a coat collar can provide a small physical detail that grounds an urban poem
Additional Notes
Drizzle falls more gently than rain, creating a muted atmosphere; its persistence suits reflective or melancholic scenes.
Also Known As
Mizzle Fine Rain
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