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thunder

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθʌndə/
  • General-American: thŭn′dər
  • General-American: /ˈθʌndɚ/
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  • rhymes with -ʌndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: TH AH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The 13th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Thunder is preceded by lightning.
  • Thunder cracked overhead.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of thunder word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: literature, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thunder word

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impersonal

Examples

  • It thundered continuously.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To make a noise like thunder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The train thundered along the tracks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To produce something with incredible power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

street names for heroin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, skag, scag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heroin, diacetylmorphine

13

noun

Meaning 13

a deep prolonged loud noise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boom, roar, roaring

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: noise

14

noun

Meaning 14

a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: noise

Narrower terms: thunderclap

15

verb

Meaning 15

utter words loudly and forcefully

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `Get out of here,' he roared

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shout

16

verb

Meaning 16

to make or produce a loud noise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The river thundered below
  • The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roar, howl

17

verb

Meaning 17

move fast, noisily, and heavily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The bus thundered down the road

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

18

verb

Meaning 18

be the case that thunder is being heard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boom

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)tenh2- (“to thunder”). Compare astound, astonish, stun. Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger, Dutch donder, German Donner, Old Norse Þórr (English Thor), Danish torden, Norwegian Nynorsk tore. Other cognates include Persian تندر (tondar), Latin tonō, detonō, Ancient Greek στένω (sténō), στενάζω (stenázō), στόνος (stónos), Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), Irish torann, Welsh taran, Gaulish Taranis. Doublet of donner, Thunor, and Thor.

From Middle English thundren, from Old English þunrian (“to thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunrōn, from Proto-Germanic *þunrōną (“to thunder”).

Across languages

Translations

451 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سورة الرعد — 13th sura of the Qur'an
  • Uyghur: رەئد (re'd) — 13th sura of the Qur'an
  • Abkhaz: aдыд (adəd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Albanian: bubullimë — sound caused by lightning
  • Albanian: mumurimë — sound caused by lightning
  • Southern Altai: кӱркӱреш (kürküreš) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chungli Ao: tsüngmok — sound caused by lightning
  • Arabic: رَعْد (raʕd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Arabic: رعد (raʕd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Arabic: رعد (raʕad, raʕd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Arabic: رعد (raʕd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Aramaic: ܪܥܡܐ (raʿmā) — sound caused by lightning
  • Armenian: որոտ (orot) — sound caused by lightning
  • Assamese: ঢেৰেকনি (dherekoni) — sound caused by lightning
  • Assamese: ঢেৰেক (dherek) — sound caused by lightning
  • Asturian: troníu — sound caused by lightning
  • Asturian: tronabríu — sound caused by lightning
  • Asturian: tronada — sound caused by lightning
  • Asturian: truenu — sound caused by lightning
  • Asturian: renuberu — sound caused by lightning
  • Atayal: matus bisuw — sound caused by lightning
  • Azerbaijani: göy gurultusu — sound caused by lightning
  • Azerbaijani: ildırım — sound caused by lightning
  • Balinese: grudug — sound caused by lightning
  • Basque: ostots — sound caused by lightning
  • Basque: ihortziri — sound caused by lightning
  • Basque: ortziri — sound caused by lightning
  • Belarusian: гром (hrom) — sound caused by lightning
  • Belarusian: грымо́ты (hrymóty) — sound caused by lightning
  • Bengali: বজ্রধ্বনি (bojroddhoni) — sound caused by lightning
  • Central Bikol: dalugdog — sound caused by lightning
  • Central Bikol: daguldol — sound caused by lightning
  • Bulgarian: гръм (grǎm) — sound caused by lightning
  • Bulgarian: гръмоте́вица (grǎmotévica) — sound caused by lightning
  • Burmese: မိုးကြိုး (mui:krui:) — sound caused by lightning
  • Carpathian Rusyn: грум (hrum) — sound caused by lightning
  • Catalan: tro — sound caused by lightning
  • Cebuano: dalugdog — sound caused by lightning
  • Chamicuro: tswali — sound caused by lightning
  • Chechen: къовкъа (qʼovqʼa) — sound caused by lightning
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᏍᎬ (ayvdaqualosgv) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chichewa: bingu — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雷 (leoi4) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雷聲 /雷声 — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雷鳴 /雷鸣 (leoi4 ming4) — sound caused by lightning
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 雷公 (lài-gŭng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hakka Chinese: 雷 (lùi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hakka Chinese: 雷公 (lùi-kûng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese: 雷 (lûi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese: 雷公 (lûi-kong) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷 (léi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷聲 /雷声 (léishēng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷鳴 /雷鸣 (léimíng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Wu Chinese: 雷 — sound caused by lightning
  • Chuvash: аслати (aslat̬i) — sound caused by lightning
  • West Circassian: шыблэ (šəblɛ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Maore Comorian: guguma — sound caused by lightning
  • Czech: hrom — sound caused by lightning
  • Czech: zahřmění — sound caused by lightning
  • Dalmatian: tun — sound caused by lightning
  • Danish: torden — sound caused by lightning
  • Dutch: donder — sound caused by lightning
  • Dzongkha: འབྲུག་སྐད ('brug skad) — sound caused by lightning
  • Erzya: пурьгине (puŕgine) — sound caused by lightning
  • Esperanto: tondro — sound caused by lightning
  • Esperanto: fulmsono — sound caused by lightning
  • Estonian: kõu — sound caused by lightning
  • Even: агди (agʒi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Evenki: агды (agdi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Faroese: tora — sound caused by lightning
  • Finnish: jyrinä — sound caused by lightning
  • Finnish: jyrähdys — sound caused by lightning
  • Franco-Provençal: tonêrro — sound caused by lightning
  • French: tonnerre — sound caused by lightning
  • West-Frisian: tonger — sound caused by lightning
  • Friulian: ton — sound caused by lightning
  • Friulian: tonade — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: trono — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: tróo — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: bruio — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: orzán — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: trouso — sound caused by lightning
  • Galician: trebón — sound caused by lightning
  • Georgian: ქუხილი (kuxili) — sound caused by lightning
  • Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი (č̣eka-kuxili) — sound caused by lightning
  • German: Donner — sound caused by lightning
  • Old High German: donar — sound caused by lightning
  • German: Dunner — sound caused by lightning
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 (þeiƕō) — sound caused by lightning
  • Greek: βροντή (vrontí) — sound caused by lightning
  • Greenlandic: kalleq — sound caused by lightning
  • Paraguayan Guarani: sunu — sound caused by lightning
  • Haitian Creole: loray — sound caused by lightning
  • Hamer-Banna: gimbát — sound caused by lightning
  • Hausa: tarnatsa — sound caused by lightning
  • Hebrew: רַעַם (rá'am) — sound caused by lightning
  • Higaonon: lugung — sound caused by lightning
  • Hindi: गरज (garaj) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hindi: गड़गड़ाहट (gaṛagṛāhaṭ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hindi: राद (rād) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hindi: गर्जन (garjan) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hindi: मेघनाद (meghnād) — sound caused by lightning
  • Hungarian: mennydörgés — sound caused by lightning
  • Hungarian: égzengés — sound caused by lightning
  • Icelandic: þruma — sound caused by lightning
  • Ido: tondro — sound caused by lightning
  • Indonesian: guntur — sound caused by lightning
  • Indonesian: guruh — sound caused by lightning
  • Ingrian: ukko — sound caused by lightning
  • Ingrian: jyry — sound caused by lightning
  • Ingrian: jyrinä — sound caused by lightning
  • Ingrian: ukonjyry — sound caused by lightning
  • Interlingua: tonitro — sound caused by lightning
  • Iranun: dalendeg — sound caused by lightning
  • Irish: toirneach — sound caused by lightning
  • Isoko: egbrara — sound caused by lightning
  • Italian: tuono — sound caused by lightning
  • Japanese: 雷 (kaminari) — sound caused by lightning
  • Japanese: 雷鳴 (raimei) — sound caused by lightning
  • Japanese: 雷音 (raion) — sound caused by lightning
  • Javanese: bledhèg — sound caused by lightning
  • Javanese: gludhug — sound caused by lightning
  • Kalmyk: лу (lu) — sound caused by lightning
  • Kazakh: күн күркіреу (kün kürkıreu) — sound caused by lightning
  • Kazakh: күркіреу (kürkıreu) — sound caused by lightning
  • Khmer: ផ្គរ (pkɔɔ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Klamath-Modoc: lmeys — sound caused by lightning
  • Komi-Zyrian: гым (gym) — sound caused by lightning
  • Korean: 우레 (ure) — sound caused by lightning
  • Korean: 천둥 (cheondung) — sound caused by lightning
  • Kott: ajak — sound caused by lightning
  • Northern Kurdish: gurmegurm gurrgurr — sound caused by lightning
  • Kyrgyz: күркүрөө (kürküröö) — sound caused by lightning
  • Lao: ຟ້າຮ້ອງ (fā hǭng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Latgalian: pārkiuņs — sound caused by lightning
  • Latin: tonitrus — sound caused by lightning
  • Latin: tonitruum — sound caused by lightning
  • Latin: tonus — sound caused by lightning
  • Latvian: pērkons — sound caused by lightning
  • Lepcha: ᰠᰌᰬᰲ (sader) — sound caused by lightning
  • Lezgi: гугрум (gugrum) — sound caused by lightning
  • Limburgish: dónder — sound caused by lightning
  • Lithuanian: griaustinis — sound caused by lightning
  • Lokono: kulakani — sound caused by lightning
  • Luxembourgish: Dimmer — sound caused by lightning
  • Luxembourgish: Donner — sound caused by lightning
  • Macedonian: гром (grom) — sound caused by lightning
  • Macedonian: грмотевица (grmotevica) — sound caused by lightning
  • Maguindanao: dalendeg — sound caused by lightning
  • Malagasy: ampy — sound caused by lightning
  • Malay: guruh — sound caused by lightning
  • Malay: guntur — sound caused by lightning
  • Brunei Malay: guruh — sound caused by lightning
  • Malayalam: ഇടി (iṭi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Maltese: ragħad — sound caused by lightning
  • Manchu: ᠠᡴᠵᠠᠨ (akjan) — sound caused by lightning
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: ruɣung — sound caused by lightning
  • Mansaka: rugung — sound caused by lightning
  • Manx: taarnagh — sound caused by lightning
  • Māori: whaitiri — sound caused by lightning
  • Maranao: dalendeg — sound caused by lightning
  • Maranao: rogong — sound caused by lightning
  • Marathi: गर्जना (garjanā) — sound caused by lightning
  • Marathi: डरकाळी (ḍarkāḷī) — sound caused by lightning
  • Marathi: गडगडाट (gaḍagḍāṭ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Eastern Mari: кӱдырчӧ (küdyrčö) — sound caused by lightning
  • Western Mari: хӹдӹртӹш (hÿdÿrtÿš) — sound caused by lightning
  • Mauritian Creole: loraz — sound caused by lightning
  • Mon: ဓဂဵု — sound caused by lightning
  • Mongolian: аянга (ajanga) — sound caused by lightning
  • Nanai: агди (agʒi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Navajo: iiʼniʼ — sound caused by lightning
  • Ngarrindjeri: munti — sound caused by lightning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: torden — sound caused by lightning
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tore — sound caused by lightning
  • Nyunga: koondarnangor — sound caused by lightning
  • Occitan: tron — sound caused by lightning
  • Occitan: tronada — sound caused by lightning
  • Odia: ଗର୍ଜନ (garjana) — sound caused by lightning
  • Church Slavic: громъ (gromŭ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Old East Slavic: громъ (gromŭ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Old English: þunor — sound caused by lightning
  • Old Norse: þórr — sound caused by lightning
  • Old Tupi: amãsununga — sound caused by lightning
  • Old Tupi: tupã — sound caused by lightning
  • Old Tupi: tupãsununga — sound caused by lightning
  • Oromo: bakakkaa — sound caused by lightning
  • Ossetian: ӕрвнӕрын (ærvnæryn) — sound caused by lightning
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гром (hrom) — sound caused by lightning
  • Iranian Persian: تُنْدَر (tondar) — sound caused by lightning
  • Iranian Persian: تُنْدُر (tondor) — sound caused by lightning
  • Iranian Persian: رَعْد (ra'd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Plautdietsch: Donna — sound caused by lightning
  • Polish: grzmot — sound caused by lightning
  • Polish: grom — sound caused by lightning
  • Portuguese: trovão — sound caused by lightning
  • Quechua: q'aqya — sound caused by lightning
  • Romagnol: tràun — sound caused by lightning
  • Romanian: tunet — sound caused by lightning
  • Romansh: tun — sound caused by lightning
  • Romansh: tung — sound caused by lightning
  • Russian: гром (grom) — sound caused by lightning
  • Northern Sami: baján — sound caused by lightning
  • Samoan: fai'titili — sound caused by lightning
  • Samoan: ta'alili — sound caused by lightning
  • Sanskrit: गर्जन (garjana) — sound caused by lightning
  • Sardinian: tronu — sound caused by lightning
  • Scots: thunner — sound caused by lightning
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàirneanach — sound caused by lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: гро̑м — sound caused by lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̀мљавина — sound caused by lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȏm — sound caused by lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: gr̀mljavina — sound caused by lightning
  • Shan: ၽႃႉလင် (phâ̰a lǎng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Sicilian: tronu — sound caused by lightning
  • Sidamo: banqo — sound caused by lightning
  • Sinhalese: විදුලි කෙටීම (widuli keṭīma) — sound caused by lightning
  • Slovak: hrom — sound caused by lightning
  • Slovene: grom — sound caused by lightning
  • Slovene: grmenje — sound caused by lightning
  • Solos: pina — sound caused by lightning
  • Somali: onkod — sound caused by lightning
  • Lower Sorbian: grom — sound caused by lightning
  • Upper Sorbian: hrimanje — sound caused by lightning
  • Upper Sorbian: hrom — sound caused by lightning
  • Spanish: trueno — sound caused by lightning
  • Sranan Tongo: dondru — sound caused by lightning
  • Sumerian: 𒅗𒀭𒉌𒋛 — sound caused by lightning
  • Sundanese: guludug — sound caused by lightning
  • Swahili: radi — sound caused by lightning
  • Swedish: åska — sound caused by lightning
  • Swedish: (åsk) smäll — sound caused by lightning
  • Swedish: dunder — sound caused by lightning
  • Swedish: tordön — sound caused by lightning
  • Tabasaran: гугрум (gugrum) — sound caused by lightning
  • Tagalog: kulog — sound caused by lightning
  • Tai Dam: ꪡ꫁ꪱꪵꪠ꫁ (ꞌphạ phẻ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Tajik: тундар (tundar) — sound caused by lightning
  • Tajik: раъд (ra'd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Tamil: இடி (iṭi) — sound caused by lightning
  • Taos: nąłàcitʼə́otuna — sound caused by lightning
  • Tarifit: ajjaj — sound caused by lightning
  • Tausug: daugdug — sound caused by lightning
  • Telugu: ఉరుము (urumu) — sound caused by lightning
  • Tetum: rai-tarutu — sound caused by lightning
  • Thai: ฟ้าร้อง (fáa-rɔ́ɔng) — sound caused by lightning
  • Northern Thai: ᨼ᩶ᩣᩁᩬ᩶ᨦ — sound caused by lightning
  • Tibetan: ལྡིར་སྒྲ (ldir sgra) — sound caused by lightning
  • Turkish: gök gürültüsü — sound caused by lightning
  • Turkish: yıldırım — sound caused by lightning
  • Turkmen: ýyldyrym — sound caused by lightning
  • Tutelo: tuhangrua — sound caused by lightning
  • Tuvan: диңмирээшкин (diñmireeşkin) — sound caused by lightning
  • Udmurt: гудыри (gudyri) — sound caused by lightning
  • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎓𐎚 (rʿt) — sound caused by lightning
  • Ukrainian: грім (hrim) — sound caused by lightning
  • Urdu: گَرَج (garaj) — sound caused by lightning
  • Urdu: گَڑْگَڑاہَٹ (gaṛgaṛāhaṭ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Urdu: رَعْد (ra'd) — sound caused by lightning
  • Urhobo: agbrara — sound caused by lightning
  • Uzbek: momaqaldiroq — sound caused by lightning
  • Venetan: ton — sound caused by lightning
  • Vietnamese: sấm — sound caused by lightning
  • Volapük: töt — sound caused by lightning
  • Walloon: tonire — sound caused by lightning
  • Walloon: tonoere — sound caused by lightning
  • Waray-Waray: dalugdog — sound caused by lightning
  • Welsh: taranau — sound caused by lightning
  • Welsh: tyrfau — sound caused by lightning
  • Welsh: trystau — sound caused by lightning
  • West Flemish: dunder — sound caused by lightning
  • Winnebago: kʼoo — sound caused by lightning
  • Woiwurrung: ngurndabil — sound caused by lightning
  • Yakut: этиҥ (etiŋ) — sound caused by lightning
  • Yámana: kalaša — sound caused by lightning
  • Zazaki: gumlerz — sound caused by lightning
  • Zhuang: byajraez — sound caused by lightning
  • Armenian: որոտ (orot) — sound resembling thunder
  • Bulgarian: гърме́ж (gǎrméž) — sound resembling thunder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轟鳴 /轰鸣 (hōngmíng) — sound resembling thunder
  • Czech: zahřmění — sound resembling thunder
  • Czech: hromová rána — sound resembling thunder
  • Czech: hřmění — sound resembling thunder
  • Dutch: gedonder — sound resembling thunder
  • Finnish: jyrinä — sound resembling thunder
  • Finnish: jyrähtely — sound resembling thunder
  • Galician: balbordo — sound resembling thunder
  • Galician: trouso — sound resembling thunder
  • German: Donnern — sound resembling thunder
  • German: Dunner — sound resembling thunder
  • Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós) — sound resembling thunder
  • Hindi: गर्जन (garjan) — sound resembling thunder
  • Hungarian: dörgés — sound resembling thunder
  • Italian: rombo — sound resembling thunder
  • Italian: schianto — sound resembling thunder
  • Italian: boato — sound resembling thunder
  • Japanese: 雷鳴 (raimei) — sound resembling thunder
  • Polish: grzmot — sound resembling thunder
  • Portuguese: trovoada — sound resembling thunder
  • Russian: гром (grom) — sound resembling thunder
  • Russian: гро́хот (gróxot) — sound resembling thunder
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàirneanach — sound resembling thunder
  • Serbo-Croatian: тутањ — sound resembling thunder
  • Serbo-Croatian: tutanj — sound resembling thunder
  • Slovene: grmenje — sound resembling thunder
  • Swedish: åskmuller — sound resembling thunder
  • Swedish: muller — sound resembling thunder
  • Swedish: åskdån — sound resembling thunder
  • Swedish: dån — sound resembling thunder
  • Ukrainian: грім (hrim) — sound resembling thunder
  • Ukrainian: гу́ркіт (húrkit) — sound resembling thunder
  • Bulgarian: грохот (grohot) — deep, rumbling noise
  • Czech: hřmění — deep, rumbling noise
  • Czech: dunění — deep, rumbling noise
  • Dutch: gerommel — deep, rumbling noise
  • Finnish: jyrinä — deep, rumbling noise
  • Finnish: jylinä — deep, rumbling noise
  • Finnish: pauhu — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: estoiro — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: estrondo — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: estourea — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: balbordo — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: bruiamento — deep, rumbling noise
  • Galician: abousamento — deep, rumbling noise
  • German: Donnern — deep, rumbling noise
  • German: Dunner — deep, rumbling noise
  • Hungarian: robaj — deep, rumbling noise
  • Irish: tormán — deep, rumbling noise
  • Italian: fragore — deep, rumbling noise
  • Italian: frastuono — deep, rumbling noise
  • Japanese: 轟音 (gōon) — deep, rumbling noise
  • Kott: ajak — deep, rumbling noise
  • Polish: grzmot — deep, rumbling noise
  • Portuguese: estrondo — deep, rumbling noise
  • Russian: ро́кот (rókot) — deep, rumbling noise
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàirneanach — deep, rumbling noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: тутњава — deep, rumbling noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: тутњавина — deep, rumbling noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: tutnjava — deep, rumbling noise
  • Serbo-Croatian: tutnjavina — deep, rumbling noise
  • Slovene: grmenje — deep, rumbling noise
  • Spanish: estruendo — deep, rumbling noise
  • Spanish: fragor — deep, rumbling noise
  • Swedish: mullrande — deep, rumbling noise
  • Swedish: dån — deep, rumbling noise
  • Ukrainian: гу́ркіт (húrkit) — deep, rumbling noise
  • Albanian: ushton — to make a noise like thunder
  • Arabic: رَعَدَ (raʕada) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Aramaic: ܪܥܡ (rəʿem) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Armenian: որոտալ (orotal) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Atayal: mu’ bicyu — to make a noise like thunder
  • Breton: ober kurun — to make a noise like thunder
  • Breton: taranal — to make a noise like thunder
  • Breton: taraniñ — to make a noise like thunder
  • Bulgarian: гърмя (gǎrmja) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Catalan: tronar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏓᏆᎶᎠ (ayvdaqualoa) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行雷 (haang4 leoi4) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Hakka Chinese: 打雷公 (tá-lùi-kûng) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Chinese: 霆雷公 (tân-lûi-kong) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打雷 (dǎléi) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Czech: hřmít — to make a noise like thunder
  • Czech: zahřmět — to make a noise like thunder
  • Dalmatian: tonur — to make a noise like thunder
  • Dutch: donderen — to make a noise like thunder
  • Esperanto: tondri — to make a noise like thunder
  • Finnish: jyristä — to make a noise like thunder
  • Finnish: jyrähdellä — to make a noise like thunder
  • Finnish: jyrähtää — to make a noise like thunder
  • Finnish: pauhata — to make a noise like thunder
  • French: tonner — to make a noise like thunder
  • West-Frisian: daverje — to make a noise like thunder
  • Friulian: tonâ — to make a noise like thunder
  • Galician: toar — to make a noise like thunder
  • German: donnern — to make a noise like thunder
  • German: tschättere — to make a noise like thunder
  • Hebrew: רעם (ra'am) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Hindi: कड़कना (kaṛaknā) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Hindi: गरजना (garajnā) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Icelandic: þrymja — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ido: tondrar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ingrian: jyrähtää — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ingrian: jyrissä — to make a noise like thunder
  • Italian: tuonare — to make a noise like thunder
  • Japanese: 雷が鳴る (kaminari ga naru) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Japanese: 轟音を立てる (gōon o tateru) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Kalmyk: күрҗңнх (kürjñnx) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Kituba: duma — to make a noise like thunder
  • Korean: 천둥이 울리다 (cheondung'i ullida) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Latin: tono — to make a noise like thunder
  • Luxembourgish: donneren — to make a noise like thunder
  • Manchu: ᠠᡴᠵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (akjambi) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Norwegian: tordne — to make a noise like thunder
  • Occitan: tronar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Polabian: gramăt — to make a noise like thunder
  • Polish: grzmieć — to make a noise like thunder
  • Polish: zagrzmieć — to make a noise like thunder
  • Portuguese: trovoar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Portuguese: trovejar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Romanian: tuna — to make a noise like thunder
  • Romansh: tunar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Romansh: tuner — to make a noise like thunder
  • Russian: греме́ть (gremétʹ) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Russian: грохота́ть (groxotátʹ) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Russian: громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Sanskrit: स्तनति (stanati) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Sardinian: tronai — to make a noise like thunder
  • Sardinian: tronare — to make a noise like thunder
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̀мети — to make a noise like thunder
  • Serbo-Croatian: gr̀meti — to make a noise like thunder
  • Slovak: hrmieť — to make a noise like thunder
  • Slovak: zahrmieť — to make a noise like thunder
  • Slovene: grmeti — to make a noise like thunder
  • Lower Sorbian: grimaś — to make a noise like thunder
  • Upper Sorbian: hrimać — to make a noise like thunder
  • Spanish: tronar — to make a noise like thunder
  • Sranan Tongo: dondru — to make a noise like thunder
  • Swedish: dundra — to make a noise like thunder
  • Swedish: dåna — to make a noise like thunder
  • Swedish: åska — to make a noise like thunder
  • Thai: สายฟ้าฟาด (săaifáa fâat) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Tibetan: འབྲུག་སྐད་རྒྱག ('brug skad rgyag) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ukrainian: гримі́ти (hrymíty) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ukrainian: гуркота́ти (hurkotáty) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Ukrainian: гуркоті́ти (hurkotíty) — to make a noise like thunder
  • Venetan: tonàre — to make a noise like thunder
  • Welsh: taranu — to make a noise like thunder
  • Breton: taranal — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Breton: taraniñ — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Bulgarian: говоря гръмогласно (govorja grǎmoglasno) — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Czech: hřmít — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Czech: hromovat — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Dutch: overdonderen — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Finnish: jyristä — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Finnish: pauhata — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tonitruer — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Japanese: 怒鳴る (donaru) — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Korean: 고함치다 (gohamchida) — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Polish: gromić — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Portuguese: trovejar — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Romanian: tuna — to talk with a loud, threatening voice
  • Finnish: jyristä — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tonner — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: fulminer — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tempêter — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • Japanese: 怒鳴る (donaru) — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • Romanian: tuna — transitive: say something with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tonitruer — intransitive: speak with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tonner — intransitive: speak with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: fulminer — intransitive: speak with a loud, threatening voice
  • French: tempêter — intransitive: speak with a loud, threatening voice
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