fulmine

See also: fulminé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌlmɪn/, /ˈfʊlmɪn/

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Verb

fulmine (third-person singular simple present fulmines, present participle fulmining, simple past and past participle fulmined)

1. (archaic) To thunder or lightning.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And ever and anone the rosy red
     Flasht through her face, as it had been a flake
     Of lightning through bright heven fulmined […]

2. (archaic, figurative) To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.

Anagrams

• mineful

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fulminent, fulmines

Verb

fulmine

1. inflection of fulminer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fulminem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.mi.ne/
• Rhymes: -ulmine
• Syllabification: fùl‧mi‧ne

Noun

fulmine m (plural fulmini)

1. lightning

   Synonyms: folgore, saetta

Related terms

• fulminante
• fulminare
• fulminato
• fulminazione
• fulmineo
• fulminio

See also

• tuono

Latin

Noun

fulmine

1. ablative singular of fulmen

Spanish

Verb

fulmine

1. inflection of fulminar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative