thunderstorm

English

Etymology

From thunder +‎ storm.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: thŭnʹdər-stôrm', IPA^(key): /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/
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Hyphenation: thun‧der‧storm

Noun

thunderstorm (plural thunderstorms)

A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
Synonym: (abbreviation) t-storm

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Translations

storm with thunder and lightning

Afrikaans: onweer
Albanian: shtrëngatë (sq) f
Arabic: عَاصِفَة رَعْدِيَّة‎ f (ʿāṣifa raʿdiyya)
Armenian: ամպրոպ (hy) (amprop)
Azerbaijani: tufan (az), fırtına (az)
Belarusian: навальні́ца f (navalʹníca), бу́ра f (búra)
Bulgarian: гръмотевична бу́ря f (grǎmotevična búrja)
Catalan: tempesta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雷暴 (zh) (léibào)
Czech: bouřka (cs) f
Danish: tordenvejr (da) n
Dutch: onweer (nl) n
Egyptian:

(nšnj m)
Esperanto: fulmotondro
Estonian: äiksetorm, äike (et)
Faroese: toruveður sg
Finnish: ukkonen (fi), ukonilma (fi), ukkosmyrsky
French: orage (fr) m
Galician: torboada (gl) f, treboada (gl) f, trebón (gl) m, tromba (gl) f
Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი (č̣eka-kuxili), ელჭექი (elč̣eki), ელჭექი წვიმით (elč̣eki c̣vimit), ელჭექი წვიმითა და ქარიშხლით (elč̣eki c̣vimita da karišxlit), ჭექა-ქუხილი და ქარიშხალი (č̣eka-kuxili da karišxali), ჭექა-ქუხილი და წვიმა (č̣eka-kuxili da c̣vima)
German: Gewitter (de) n
Greek: καταιγίδα (el) f (kataigída)
Ancient: θύελλα f (thúella), καταιγίς f (kataigís)
Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: סוּפַת רַעֲמִים‎
Hindi: आंधी (hi) f (āndhī)
Hungarian: égiháború (hu)
Icelandic: þrumuveður (is) n
Ido: stormo
Indonesian: badai petir
Interlingua: tempesta de tonitro
Irish: léidearnach thoirní f, spéirling f, stoirm thoirní f
Italian: temporale (it) m
Japanese: 雷雨 (ja) (らいう, raiu)
Kazakh: найзағай (naizağai)
Khmer: ព្យុះមានរន្ទះផ្គរ (pyuh mien rʊənteah pkɔɔ), ព្យុះភ្លៀង (pyuh pliəŋ)
Korean: 뇌우 (ko) (noe'u)
Ladino: borraska, oraje
Latgalian: nelaiks
Latvian: negaiss m
Lithuanian: perkūnija f
Macedonian: бу́ра f (búra), лу́ња f (lúnja)
Malay: ribut petir
Maori: pūeaea
Mongolian: аянгатай бороо (ajangataj boroo), аадар бороо (aadar boroo)
Navajo: níłtsą́ bikąʼ
Northern Sami: bajándálki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tordenvær n

Nynorsk: torevêr n
Occitan: chavana (oc) f, auratge (oc) m, periclada f
Persian: طوفان‎ (fa) (tufân)
Polish: burza (pl) f
Portuguese: tempestade de trovão/trovões/raios f
Romanian: furtună (ro) f
Russian: гроза́ (ru) f (grozá), бу́ря (ru) f (búrja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: олуја f, грмљавина f

Roman: oluja (sh) f, grmljavina (sh) f
Slovak: búrka f
Slovene: nevihta (sl) f
Spanish: tormenta (es) f, tormenta electrica f, tronada (es)
Swedish: åskväder (sv) n
Tajik: раъду барқ (raʾdu barq), тӯфон (tg) (tüfon)
Thai: พายุฝนฟ้าคะนอง, พายุฟ้าคะนอง
Turkish: oraj
Ukrainian: гроза́ f (hrozá), бу́ря (uk) f (búrja)
Urdu: آندھی‎ (ur) f (āndhī), ژالہ بازی‎ (žāla bāzī)
Vietnamese: dông (vi), giông (vi), bão tố có sấm sét
Welsh: storm fellt a tharannau f
West Frisian: ûnwaar
Zulu: ukuduma kwezulu

References

thunderstorm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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