thunderbolt

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• /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/
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By analogy with the speed and power of a thunderbolt.

From thunder + bolt.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrufe — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Arabic: صَاعِقَة (ṣāʕiqa) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Bulgarian: мълния (mǎlnija) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Bulgarian: гръмотевица (grǎmotevica) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Catalan: raig de llamp — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Catalan: llampec — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Chinese Mandarin: 霹靂 /霹雳 (pīlì) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Chinese Mandarin: 迅雷 (xùnléi) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Chuvash: ҫиҫӗм (śiś̬ĕm) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Dutch: bliksemstraal — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Dutch: donderstraal — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Dutch: donderslag — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Finnish: salamanisku — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Finnish: ukkosenjyrähdys — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Finnish: salama — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• French: coup de tonnerre — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Friulian: folc — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Friulian: saete — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Friulian: sfulmin — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Galician: lóstrego — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• German: Donnerkeil — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• German: Blitzstrahl — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• German: Blitz mit Donnerschlag — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Greek: αστραπή (astrapí) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Ancient Greek: κεραυνός (keraunós) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Hindi: वज्रपात (vajrapāt) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Hungarian: villámcsapás — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Indonesian: petir — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Istriot: sàita — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Italian: fulmine — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Italian: folgore — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Italian: saetta — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Italian: lampo — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Japanese: 雷 (kaminari) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Japanese: 落雷 (rakurai) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Korean: 벼락 (byeorak) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Latin: fulmen — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Latin: tonitrus — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Latin: ictus fulminis — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Latin: ictus fulgōris — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Low German: Blitzsteen — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Malayalam: മിന്നൽപ്പിണർ (minnalppiṇaṟ) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Malayalam: ദംഭോളി (dambhōḷi) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Malayalam: അശനി (aśani) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Malayalam: ഇടിവാൾ (iṭivāḷ) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Māori: epa — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Norman: foudre — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Persian: رعد و برق (ra'd-o-barq) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Persian: صاعقه (sâ'eqe) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Persian: آذرخش (âzaraxš) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Polish: piorun — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Portuguese: raio — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Romanian: fulger — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Russian: уда́р мо́лнии (udár mólnii) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Russian: перу́н (perún) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Sanskrit: अशनि (aśani) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Sanskrit: कुलिश (kuliśa) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Sanskrit: वज्र (vajra) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Spanish: rayo — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Swedish: vigg — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Swedish: tordön — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Swedish: åskknall — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Tajik: соиқа (soyiqa) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Telugu: పిడుగు (piḍugu) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Thai: สายฟ้า (sǎai-fáa) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Turkish: yıldırım — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Ottoman Turkish: یلدرم (yıldırım) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Ottoman Turkish: صاعقه (saʿika) — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Venetan: sita — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Venetan: saéta — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Welsh: taranau — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Welsh: taranfollt — flash of lightning accompanied by thunder
• Finnish: järkytys — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected
• Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós) — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected
• Korean: 벼락 (byeorak) — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected
• Polish: grom z jasnego nieba — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected
• Russian: гром среди́ я́сного не́ба (grom sredí jásnovo néba) — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected
• Telugu: పిడుగుపాటు (piḍugupāṭu) — an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected