Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.
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Thunderstorm
//ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm//
Synonyms for "thunderstorm" (40 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 70 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- onweer noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Albanian
1 entries- shtrëngatë noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θύελλα noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- καταιγίς noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Arabic
1 entries- عَاصِفَة رَعْدِيَّة noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Armenian
1 entries- ամպրոպ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- fırtına noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- tufan noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Belarusian
2 entries- бу́ра noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- навальні́ца noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Breton
1 entries- arnev noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гръмотевична бу́ря noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Catalan
1 entries- tempesta noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雷暴 noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Cornish
1 entries- arnewa noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Czech
1 entries- bouřka noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Danish
1 entries- tordenvejr noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Dutch
1 entries- onweer noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Egyptian
1 entries- n:S-n:y-E20 noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Esperanto
2 entries- fulmotondro noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- fulmŝtormo noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Estonian
3 entries- äike noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- äikesetorm noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- äiksetorm noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Faroese
1 entries- toruveður noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Finnish
3 entries- ukkonen noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ukkosmyrsky noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ukonilma noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
French
1 entries- orage noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Galician
4 entries- torboada noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- treboada noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- trebón noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- tromba noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Georgian
4 entries- ელჭექი noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ელჭექი წვიმით noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ელჭექი წვიმითა და ქარიშხლით noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ჭექა-ქუხილი noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
German
1 entries- Gewitter noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Greek
1 entries- καταιγίδα noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Hebrew
1 entries- סוּפַת רַעֲמִים noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Hindi
2 entries- आंधी noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- गरज-चमक noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Hungarian
1 entries- égiháború noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Icelandic
1 entries- þrumuveður noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Ido
1 entries- stormo noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Indonesian
2 entries- badai guntur noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- badai petir noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Interlingua
1 entries- tempesta de tonitro noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Irish
3 entries- léidearnach thoirní noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- spéirling noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- stoirm thoirní noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Italian
1 entries- temporale noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Japanese
1 entries- 雷雨 noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Kazakh
1 entries- найзағай noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Khmer
2 entries- ព្យុះភ្លៀង noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ព្យុះមានរន្ទះផ្គរ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Korean
1 entries- 뇌우 noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Ladino
2 entries- borraska noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- oraje noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Latgalian
1 entries- nelaiks noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Latvian
1 entries- negaiss noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Lithuanian
1 entries- perkūnija noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Macedonian
2 entries- бу́ра noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- лу́ња noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Malay
1 entries- ribut petir noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Mongolian
2 entries- аадар бороо noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- аянгатай бороо noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Māori
1 entries- pūeaea noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Navajo
1 entries- níłtsą́ bikąʼ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Northern Sami
1 entries- bajándálki noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tordenvær noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- torevêr noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Occitan
3 entries- auratge noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- chavana noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- periclada noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Persian
1 entries- طوفان noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Polish
1 entries- burza noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Portuguese
1 entries- trovoada noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Romanian
1 entries- furtună noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Russian
2 entries- бу́ря noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- гроза́ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grmljavina noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- oluja noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- грмљавина noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- олуја noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Slovak
1 entries- búrka noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Slovene
1 entries- nevihta noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Spanish
3 entries- tormenta noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- tormenta electrica noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- tronada noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Swedish
1 entries- åskväder noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Tajik
2 entries- раъду барқ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- тӯфон noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Thai
2 entries- พายุฝนฟ้าคะนอง noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- พายุฟ้าคะนอง noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Turkish
1 entries- oraj noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бу́ря noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- гроза́ noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Urdu
2 entries- آندھی noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- ژالہ بازی noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bão tố có sấm sét noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- dông noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
- giông noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Welsh
1 entries- storm fellt a tharannau noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ûnwaar noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Zulu
1 entries- ukuduma kwezulu noun (storm with thunder and lightning)
Sample sentences
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Black clouds announced the coming thunderstorm.
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Trains were disrupted due to a thunderstorm.
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Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
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