(plural raindrops)

1. A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.

From Middle English raindrope, from Old English reġndropa (“drop of rain, raindrop”), equivalent to rain +‎ drop, Cognate with Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel (“raindrop”), German Regentropfen (“raindrop”), Swedish regndroppe (“raindrop”).