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thunderstorm

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: thŭnʹdər-stôrm'
  • General-American: /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/
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  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: TH AH1 N D ER0 S T AO2 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: t-storm, lightning storm, electrical storm

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: electrical storm, electric storm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storm, violent storm

History

Etymology

From thunder + storm.

Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onweer — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Albanian: shtrëngatë — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Arabic: عَاصِفَة رَعْدِيَّة (ʕāṣifa raʕdiyya) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Armenian: ամպրոպ (amprop) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Azerbaijani: tufan — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Azerbaijani: fırtına — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Belarusian: навальні́ца (navalʹníca) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Belarusian: бу́ра (búra) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Breton: arnev — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Bulgarian: гръмотевична бу́ря (grǎmotevična búrja) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Catalan: tempesta — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷暴 (léibào) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Cornish: arnewa — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Czech: bouřka — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Danish: tordenvejr — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Dutch: onweer — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Egyptian: n:S-n:y-E20 (nšnj) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Esperanto: fulmotondro — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Esperanto: fulmŝtormo — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Estonian: äikesetorm — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Estonian: äiksetorm — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Estonian: äike — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Faroese: toruveður — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Finnish: ukkonen — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Finnish: ukonilma — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Finnish: ukkosmyrsky — storm with thunder and lightning
  • French: orage — storm with thunder and lightning
  • West-Frisian: ûnwaar — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Galician: torboada — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Galician: treboada — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Galician: trebón — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Galician: tromba — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი (č̣eka-kuxili) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ელჭექი (elč̣eki) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ელჭექი წვიმით (elč̣eki c̣vimit) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ელჭექი წვიმითა და ქარიშხლით (elč̣eki c̣vimita da karišxlit) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი და ქარიშხალი (č̣eka-kuxili da karišxali) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი და წვიმა (č̣eka-kuxili da c̣vima) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • German: Gewitter — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Greek: καταιγίδα (kataigída) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ancient Greek: θύελλα (thúella) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ancient Greek: καταιγίς (kataigís) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Hebrew: סוּפַת רַעֲמִים — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Hindi: आंधी (āndhī) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Hindi: गरज-चमक (garaj-camak) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Hungarian: égiháború — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Hungarian: zivatar — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Icelandic: þrumuveður — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ido: stormo — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Indonesian: badai petir — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Indonesian: badai guntur — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Interlingua: tempesta de tonitro — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Irish: léidearnach thoirní — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Irish: spéirling — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Irish: stoirm thoirní — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Italian: temporale — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Japanese: 雷雨 (raiu) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Kazakh: найзағай (naizağai) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Khmer: ព្យុះមានរន្ទះផ្គរ (pyuh mien rʊənteah pkɔɔ) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Khmer: ព្យុះភ្លៀង (pyuh pliəŋ) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Korean: 뇌우 (noe'u) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ladino: borraska — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ladino: oraje — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Latgalian: nelaiks — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Latvian: negaiss — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Lithuanian: perkūnija — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Macedonian: бу́ра (búra) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Macedonian: лу́ња (lúnja) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Malay: ribut petir — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Māori: pūeaea — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Mongolian: аянгатай бороо (ajangataj boroo) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Mongolian: аадар бороо (aadar boroo) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Navajo: níłtsą́ bikąʼ — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tordenvær — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: torevêr — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Occitan: chavana — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Occitan: auratge — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Occitan: periclada — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Persian: طوفان (tufân) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Polish: burza — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Portuguese: trovoada — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Romanian: furtună — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Russian: гроза́ (grozá) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Russian: бу́ря (búrja) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Northern Sami: bajándálki — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: олуја — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: грмљавина — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: oluja — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Serbo-Croatian: grmljavina — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Slovak: búrka — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Slovene: nevihta — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Spanish: tormenta — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Spanish: tormenta electrica — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Spanish: tronada — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Swedish: åskväder — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Tajik: раъду барқ (ra'du barq) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Thai: พายุฝนฟ้าคะนอง (paa-yú-fǒn-fáa-ká-nɔɔng) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Thai: พายุฟ้าคะนอง (paa-yú-fáa-ká-nɔɔng) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Turkish: oraj — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ukrainian: гроза́ (hrozá) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Ukrainian: бу́ря (búrja) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Urdu: آندھی (āndhī) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Urdu: ژالہ بازی (žāla bāzī) — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Vietnamese: dông — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Vietnamese: giông — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Vietnamese: bão tố có sấm sét — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Welsh: storm fellt a tharannau — storm with thunder and lightning
  • Zulu: ukuduma kwezulu — storm with thunder and lightning
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