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Meaning of thunder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ˈθʌndə

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

Equivalents

العربية الرعد رعد سورة الرعد

Azərbaycanca ildırım

Беларуская гром

Български грохот гръм гърмеж

বাংলা বজ্রধ্বনি

བོད་སྐད འབྲུག་སྐད་རྒྱག ལྡིར་སྒྲ

Bosanski dan dana grom hrom radi sam гром

Català tro tronar

Čeština dunění hřmění hřmít hrom zahřmět

Cymraeg taranau taranu tyrfau

Dansk torden

Deutsch Donner Donnern Dünner dünner tschättere

Ελληνικά βροντή κεραυνός

Esperanto tondri tondro

Español estruendo fragor tronar trueno

Eesti kõu

فارسی تندر رعد

Suomi jylinä jyrähdellä jyrähdys jyrähtää jyrähtely jyrinä jyristä pauhata pauhu

Français tonitruer tonner tonnerre

Gaeilge toirneach tormán

Gàidhlig tàirneanach

Galego balbordo estoiro estrondo toar trebón trono trouso

Hausa tarnatsa

עברית רעם

हिन्दी गड़गड़ाहट गरज गरजना

Hrvatski dan dana grom hrom radi sam гром

Magyar dörgés égzengés mennydörgés

Հայերեն որոտ որոտալ

Bahasa Indonesia guntur guruh

Íslenska þruma þrymja

Italiano boato fragore frastuono rombo schianto tuonare tuono

日本語怒鳴る轟音轟音を立てる雷雷が鳴る雷音雷鳴

ქართული ქუხილი ჭექა-ქუხილი

Қазақша күркіреу

ខ្មែរ ផ្គរ

한국어 고함치다 우레 천둥 천둥이 울리다

Kurdî dan dan dana dana gurûh radî radî Şam

Latina tonitrus tonitruum tonō tonus

Lëtzebuergesch Dimmer Donner donneren

ລາວ ຟ້າຮ້ອງ

Latviešu pērkons

Malagasy ampy

Македонски грмотевица гром

മലയാളം ഇടി

Монгол аянга

Bahasa Melayu guntur guruh

Malti ragħad

မြန်မာဘာသာ မိုးကြိုး

Nederlands donder donderen gedonder gerommel overdonderen

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଗର୍ଜନ

Polski grom gromić grzmieć grzmot zagrzmieć

Português estrondo trovão trovejar trovoada trovoar

Română tuna tunet

Русский греметь гром громыхать грохот грохотать рокот

Slovenčina hrom

Slovenščina grom

Soomaali onkod

Shqip bubullimë ushton

Српски dan dana grom hrom radi sam гром

Svenska aska åskmuller Dan dana dunder dundra muller mullrande tordön

Kiswahili radi

தமிழ் இடி

తెలుగు ఉరుము

ไทย ฟ้าร้อง

Türkmençe ýyldyrym

Tagalog kulog

Türkçe gök gürültüsü yıldırım

Українська гримі́ти грім гуркіт

اردو گرج گڑگڑاہٹ

Tiếng Việt sam

中文打雷轟鳴 /轰鸣雷雷公雷聲 /雷声雷鳴 /雷鸣霆雷公

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.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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