Енглески
Etymology
From Средњи Енглески thunder , thonder , thundre , thonre , thunnere , þunre , from Стари Енглески þunor ( “ thunder ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *þunr , from Proto-Germanic *þunraz , from Пра-Индо-Европски *(s)ten- , *(s)tenh₂- ( “ to thunder ” ) .
Compare astound , astonish , stun . Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger , Холандски donder , Немачки Donner , Old Norse Þórr (Енглески Thor ), Дански torden , Norwegian Nynorsk tore . Other cognates include Персијски تندر ( tondar ) , Латински tonō , detonō , Антички Грчки στένω ( sténō ) , στενάζω ( stenázō ) , στόνος ( stónos ) , Στέντωρ ( Sténtōr ) , Ирски torann , Велшки taran , Gaulish Taranis . Дублети of donner .
Pronunciation
Noun
thunder (countable and uncountable , plural thunders )
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
Thunder is preceded by lightning.
A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
An alarming or startling threat or denunciation .
( obsolete ) The discharge of electricity ; a thunderbolt .
( figuratively ) The spotlight .
Shortly after I announced my pregnancy, he stole my thunder with his news of landing his dream job.
Usage notes
roll , clap , peal are some of the words used to count thunder e.g. A series of rolls/claps/peals of thunder were heard
Derived terms
Translations
sound caused by lightning
Abkhaz: aдыд ( adəd )
Adyghe: шыблэ ( šəblă )
Albanian: bubullimë (sq) f , mumrimë f
Arabic: رَعْد (ar) m ( raʿd )
Egyptian Arabic: رعد m ( raʿd )
Moroccan Arabic: رعد m ( raʿd )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܪܥܡܐ m ( raʿmā )
Armenian: որոտ (hy) ( orot )
Assamese: ঢেৰেকনি ( dherekoni ) , ঢেৰেক ( dherek )
Asturian: troníu (ast) m , tronabríu (ast) m , tronada (ast) f , truenu (ast) m , renuberu (ast) m
Atayal: matus bisuw
Azerbaijani: göy gurultusu , ildırım (az)
Balinese: grudug
Belarusian: гром m ( hrom )
Bengali: বজ্রধ্বনি ( bôjrôdhbni )
Bikol Central: dalugdog (bcl) , daguldol (bcl)
Brunei Malay: guruh
Bulgarian: гръм (bg) m ( grǎm )
Burmese: မိုးကြိုး (my) ( mui:krui: )
Catalan: tro (ca) m
Cebuano: dalugdog
Chamicuro: tswali
Chechen: къовкъа ( q̇owq̇a )
Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᏍᎬ ( ayvdaqualosgv )
Chichewa: bingu
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雷 ( leoi4 ) , 雷聲 , 雷声 ( leoi4 sing1 ) , 雷鳴 , 雷鸣 ( leoi4 ming4 )
Hakka: 雷 ( lùi ) , 雷公 ( lùi-kûng )
Mandarin: 雷 (zh) ( léi ) , 雷聲 (zh) , 雷声 (zh) ( léishēng ) , 雷鳴 (zh) , 雷鸣 (zh) ( léimíng )
Min Dong: 雷公 ( lài-gŭng )
Min Nan: 雷 (zh-min-nan) ( lûi ) , 雷公 (zh-min-nan) ( lûi-kong )
Wu: 雷 ( le )
Czech: hrom (cs) m , zahřmění n
Dalmatian: tun m
Danish: torden (da) c
Dutch: donder (nl) m
Dzongkha: འབྲུག་སྐད ( 'brug skad )
Erzya: пургине ( purgine )
Esperanto: tondro (eo)
Estonian: kõu
Even: агди ( agʒi )
Evenki: агды ( agdi )
Faroese: tora f
Finnish: jyrinä (fi) , jyrähdys (fi)
Franco-Provençal: tonêrro m
French: tonnerre (fr) m
Friulian: ton , tonade
Galician: trono (gl) m , tróo m , bruio m , orzán m , trouso m , trebón (gl) m
Georgian: ქუხილი ( kuxili ) , ჭექა-ქუხილი ( č̣eka-kuxili )
German: Donner (de) m
Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 f ( þeiƕō )
Greek: βροντή (el) f ( vrontí )
Greenlandic: kalleq
Haitian Creole: loray
Hausa: tarnatsa
Hebrew: רַעַם (he) m ( ra'am )
Higaonon: lugung
Hindi: गरज (hi) f ( garaj ) , गड़गड़ाहट (hi) f ( gaṛagṛāhaṭ ) , राद (hi) ( rād ) , गर्जन (hi) m ( garjan )
Hungarian: mennydörgés (hu) , égzengés (hu)
Icelandic: þruma (is) f
Ido: tondro (io)
Indonesian: guntur (id) , guruh (id)
Interlingua: tonitro
Irish: toirneach (ga) m
Italian: tuono (it) m
Japanese: 雷 (ja) ( かみなり, kaminari ) , 雷鳴 (ja) ( らいめい, raimei )
Javanese: bledhèg , gludhug (jv)
Kazakh: күн күркіреу (kk) ( kün kürkirew ) , күркіреу ( kürkirew )
Khmer: ផ្គរ (km) ( pkɔɔ )
Korean: 우레 ( ure ) , 천둥 (ko) ( cheondung )
Kott: ajak
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: birûsk
Kyrgyz: күркүрөө ( kürküröö )
Lao: ຟ້າຮ້ອງ (lo) ( fā hǭng )
Latgalian: pārkiuņs
Latin: tonus m , tonitrus m , tonitruum n
Latvian: pērkons m
Lezgi: гургум ( gurgum )
Limburgish: dónder (li) n
Lithuanian: griaustinis
Luxembourgish: Dimmer m , Donner m
Macedonian: гром (mk) m ( grom )
Maguindanao: dalendeg
Malagasy: ampy (mg)
Malay: guruh , guntur
Malayalam: ഇടി (ml) ( iṭi )
Maltese: ragħad m
Manchu: ᠠᡴᠵᠠᠨ ( akjan )
Mansaka: rugung
Manx: taarnagh m
Maore Comorian: guguma
Maori: whaitiri
Maranao: dalendeg , rogong
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кӱдырчӧ ( küdərčö )
Mon: ဓဂဵု
Mongolian: аянга (mn) ( ajanga )
Nanai: агди
Navajo: iiʼniʼ
Ngarrindjeri: munti
Northern Sami: baján
Norwegian:
Bokmål: torden (no) m
Nynorsk: tore f
Nyunga: koondarnangor
Occitan: tron (oc) m , tronada m
Old English: þunor m
Old High German: donar
Old Norse: þórr m
Oriya: ଗର୍ଜନ (or) ( gôrjônô )
Ossetian: ӕрвнӕрын ( ærvnæryn )
Persian: تندر (fa) ( tondar ) , رعد (fa) ( ra'd )
Plautdietsch: Donna
Polish: grzmot (pl) m , grom (pl) m ( dated, poetic )
Portuguese: trovão (pt) m
Quechua: q'aqya
Rhine Franconian: Dunner
Romagnol: tràun m
Romanian: tunet (ro) n
Romansch: tun m , tung m
Russian: гром (ru) m ( grom )
Samoan: fai'titili , ta'alili
Sanskrit: गर्जन (sa) n ( garjana )
Sardinian: tronu
Scots: thunner
Scottish Gaelic: tàirneanach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гром m , грмљавина f
Roman: grom (sh) m , grmljavina (sh) f
Sicilian: tronu (scn) m
Sinhalese: විදුලි කෙටීම ( viduli keṭīma )
Slovak: hrom (sk) m
Slovene: grom (sl) m , grmenje n
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hrimanje n
Spanish: trueno (es) m
Sundanese: guludug (su)
Swahili: ( nc 9/10 ) (молим проверите ) radi (sw)
Swedish: åska (sv) c , (åsk ) smäll c , dunder (sv) c
Tabasaran: гургум ( gurgum )
Tagalog: kulog
Tajik: тундар ( tundar ) , раъд (tg) ( raʾd )
Tamil: இடி (ta) ( iṭi )
Taos: nąłàcit’ə́otuna
Tausug: daugdug
Telugu: ఉరుము (te) ( urumu )
Tetum: rai-tarutu
Thai: ฟ้าร้อง (th)
Tibetan: ལྡིར་སྒྲ ( ldir sgra )
Turkish: gök gürültüsü (tr) , yıldırım (tr)
Turkmen: ýyldyrym
Tutelo: tuhangrua
Tuvan: диңмирээшкин ( dïŋmïrääškïn )
Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎓𐎚 ( rʿt )
Ukrainian: грім m ( hrim )
Urdu: گرج ( garaj ) , گڑگڑاہٹ ( gaṛgaṛāhaṭ )
Uzbek: momaqaldiroq (uz)
Venetian: ton (vec) m
Vietnamese: sấm (vi)
Volapük: töt
Walloon: tonire (wa) f , tonoere (wa) f
Waray-Waray: dalugdog
Welsh: taranau f pl , tyrfau m pl , trystau m pl
West Flemish: dunder m
West Frisian: tonger
Western Bukidnon Manobo: ruɣung
Westrobothnian: Thorn m
Winnebago: kʼoo
Yámana: kalaša
Zazaki: gumlerz (diq)
Zhuang: byajraez
deep, rumbling noise
Bulgarian: грохот (bg) ( grohot )
Czech: hřmění (cs) n , dunění (cs) n
Dutch: gerommel (nl) n
Finnish: jyrinä (fi) , jylinä (fi) , pauhu
Galician: estoiro m , estrondo m , estourea f , balbordo m , bruiamento m , abousamento m
German: Donnern (de) n
Hungarian: robaj (hu)
Italian: fragore (it) m , frastuono (it) m
Japanese: 轟音 (ja) ( ごうおん, gōon )
Kott: ajak
Polish: grzmot (pl) m
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Descendants
Verb
thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders , present participle thundering , simple past and past participle thundered )
( impersonal ) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
It thundered continuously.
( intransitive ) To make a noise like thunder.
The train thundered along the tracks.
( ergative ) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
( intransitive , transitive ) To say (something) with a loud , threatening voice.
"Get back to work at once!", he thundered .
To produce something with incredible power.
2011 јануар 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC [1] :Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.
Conjugation
Derived terms
( to say something with a loud, threatening voice ) : thunderer
Translations
to make a noise like thunder
to talk with a loud, threatening voice
transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
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Latin: (молим проверите ) tonare Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.
Norwegian: (молим проверите ) tordne Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.
Thai: (молим проверите ) ฟ้าผ่า (th) ( fáapàa )
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Middle English
Noun
thunder
Alternative form of thonder