thunder

Definitions

1. The 13th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
2. a clap of thunder
3. The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
   countable, uncountable
4. A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
   countable, uncountable
5. privet
6. An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
   countable, uncountable
7. first-person singular present indicative of tronar
8. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
9. Synonym of thunder word.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

71 more languages

العربيةالرعدرعدسورة الرعدقصف+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliildırım

Беларускаягром

Българскигрохотгръмгърмеж

বাংলাবজ্রধ্বনি

བོད་སྐད།འབྲུག་སྐད་རྒྱགལྡིར་སྒྲ

Bosanskiblicdandanagrmljavinagromhromradisamблицгрмљавинагрозагром+ 9 more

Catalàtrotronar

Češtinaduněníhřměníhřmíthřmothromhukotzahřmět+ 4 more

Cymraegtaranautaranutyrfau

Dansktorden

Ελληνικάβροντήκεραυνόςμπουμπουνητό

Esperantotondritondro

Eestikõu

فارسیتندررعد

Suomiärjyjylinäjyrähdelläjyrähdysjyrähtääjyrähtelyjyrinäjyristäjyrypauhatapauhupitkäinenukkonenukkosenjyrinäukonilma+ 12 more

Gaeilgetoirneachtormán

Gàidhligtàirneanach

Galegobalbordoestoiroestrondotoartrebóntronotrouso+ 4 more

Hausatarnatsa

עבריתרעם

हिन्दीगड़गड़ाहटगरजगरजनाबिजली+ 1 more

Hrvatskiblicdandanagrmljavinagromhromradisamблицгрмљавинагрозагром+ 9 more

Magyardörgéségzengésmennydörgés

Հայերենորոտորոտալ

Bahasa Indonesiagelegargunturguruh

Íslenskaþrumaþrymja

Italianoboatofragorefrastuonoromboschiantotuonaretuono+ 4 more

日本語サンダー怒鳴る神神立轟轟音轟音を立てる雷雷が鳴る雷公雷電雷音雷鳴靂+ 11 more

ქართულიქუხილიჭექა-ქუხილი

Қазақ тілікүркіреу

ភាសាខ្មែរផ្គរ

한국어고함치다뇌명벽력소나기우레천둥천둥이 울리다+ 4 more

KurdîdandanagurgurûhradîŞam+ 3 more

Latinatonitrustonitruumtonōtonus+ 1 more

LëtzebuergeschDimmerDonnerdonneren

ລາວຟ້າຮ້ອງ

Latviešupērkons

Malagasyampy

Македонскигрмотевицагром

മലയാളംഇടി

Монголаянга

Bahasa Melayugunturguruh

Maltiragħad

မြန်မာမိုးကြိုး

Nederlandsdonderdonderengedondergerommeloverdonderen+ 2 more

ଓଡ଼ିଆଗର୍ଜନ

Polskidundergromgromićgromnygrzmiećgrzmotzagrzmieć+ 4 more

Portuguêsestrondotrovãotrovejartrovoadatrovoar+ 2 more

Românătunatunet

Русскийгреметьгромгромыхатьгрохотгрохотатьрокот+ 3 more

Ikinyarwandainkuba

සිංහලගිගුරුමහෙණ

Slovenčinahrom

Slovenščinagrom

Soomaalionkod

Shqipbubullimëushton

Српскиblicdandanagrmljavinagromhromradisamблицгрмљавинагрозагром+ 9 more

SvenskaaskaåskmullerDandanadunderdundramullermullrandetordön+ 6 more

Kiswahiliradi

தமிழ்இடி

తెలుగుఉరుము

ไทยฟ้าร้อง

Türkmençeýyldyrym

Tagalogkulog

Türkçegök gürültüsügüryıldırım

Українськагримі́тигрімгрозагромовицягуркіт+ 2 more

اردوگرجگڑگڑاہٹ

Tiếng Việtsam

中文打雷轟鳴 /轰鸣雷雷公雷聲 /雷声雷鳴 /雷鸣霆雷公+ 4 more

繁體中文打雷雷雷公霆雷公+ 1 more

Examples

“Thunder is preceded by lightning.”

“With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.”

“Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.”

“The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike⟳ into the heart of princes.”

“The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend⟳.”

“Adam's fall⟳ and Vico's thunder are embodied in a word of a hundred letters, the first of ten thunders in the Wake⟳.”

CEFR level