thunderstorm

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English

Etymology

English, from thunder, and storm.

Pronunciation

• enPR: thŭn'də(r)-stô(r)m', IPA: /ˈθʌn.ə(r)ˌstɔː(r)m/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

• Hyphenation

thun·der·storm

Noun

thunderstorm (plural thunderstorms)

1. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with rain or hail. A more severe thunderstorm can cause mesocyclones.

Translations

storm with thunder and lightning

• Armenian: ամպրոպ (hy) (amprop)
• Catalan: tempesta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雷暴 (cmn) (léibào)

• Czech: bouřka (cs) f
• Dutch: onweer (nl) n
• Esperanto: fulmotondro (eo)
• Faroese: toruveður (fo) sg
• Finnish: ukkonen (fi), ukonilma (fi), ukkosmyrsky (fi)
• French: orage (fr) m
• Galician: torboada (gl) f, treboada (gl) f, trebón (gl) m, tromba (gl) f
• German: Gewitter (de) n

• Greek: καταιγίδα (el) (kategíða) f
• Italian: temporale (it) m
• Japanese: 雷雨 (らいう, raiu), 雷雨 (ja) (らいう, raiu)
• Latgalian: nelaiks
• Latvian: negaiss (lv)
• Lithuanian: perkūnija (lt)
• Maori: pūeaea (mi)
• Norwegian: torden (no)
• Polish: burza (pl) f
• Portuguese: temporal (pt) m, tormenta (pt) f, trovoada (pt) f, tempestade (pt) f
• Russian: гроза (ru) (grozá) f, буря (ru) (búrja) f
• Spanish: tormenta (es) f
• Turkish: sağanak (tr)