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) Latgalian: nelaiks Latvian: negaiss (lv) Lithuanian: perkūnija (lt) Norwegian: torden (no) Russian: гроза (ru) (grozá) f. Spanish: tormenta (es) f. Turkish: sağanak (tr)