Tornado

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ

Definitions

A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Equivalents

Españolbaguio ciclón huracántifón tornado

Françaistornade tornado

DeutschTornado Windhose

47 more languages

العربيةإعصار الإعصار

Azərbaycan diliqasırğa

བོད་སྐད།རླུང་འཁོར་འཚུབ

Bosanskitornado торнадо

Češtinatornádo

Cymraeggyrwynt

Danskhvirvelstorm

Ελληνικάανεμοστρόβιλος σίφουνας

Esperantotornado

فارسیگردباد

Suomipilvipyörre pyörremyrsky tornadotrombi

Gaeilgetornádó

עבריתטורנדו

हिन्दीघूर्णवायु बवंडर

Hrvatskitornado торнадо

Հայերենպտտահողմ

Bahasa Indonesialawang

Íslenskahvirfilbylur skýstrokkur

Italianotornado tromba d'aria

日本語トルネード竜巻

ქართულიგრიალი

Қазақ тіліқұйын

ភាសាខ្មែរខ្យល់ព្យុះ

ಕನ್ನಡತುಫಾನು ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ

한국어토네이도 폭풍 회오리휘오리

Latinaturbō turbo vertex

Lietuviųtornadas viesulas

Latviešuviesuļvētra

Malagasyrambondanitra

മലയാളംകൊടുങ്കാറ്റ്ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ്

Bahasa Melayuputing beliung

Nederlandstornado

Polskitornado trąba trąba powietrzna

Portuguêsciclone tornado

Românătornadă

Русскийсмерч торна́до

Gagana Samoaāsiosio

Српскиtornado торнадо

Svenskatornado tromb

Kiswahilitufani

தமிழ்சூறாவளி

తెలుగుగాలివాన

ไทยทอร์นาโด

Tagalogbuhawi ipo-ipo

Türkçehortum talaz

Українськасмерч

Tiếng Việtbão táp lốc xoáy trốtvòi rồng

Examples

“An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke ⟳ rings, tornados and hurricanes.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Tornado Alley tornado brain tornado chaser tornado drill tornado fry tornado hunter

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