thunder

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
2. (countable, uncountable) A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
3. (countable, uncountable) An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
5. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of thunder word.

Verb

1. (impersonal) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
2. (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
3. (ergative) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
5. To produce something with incredible power.

Sinonieme

roar

rumble

boom

💥

sound

🔉

lightning

thunderbolt

rattle

thundering

clatter

thunderclap

roll

resound

hell dust

peal

thunderstorm

skag

scream

😱

howl

roaring

nose drops

smack

ring out

scag

shout

echo

yell

bellow

crash

heard

rumbling

reverberate

bluster

make noise

explode

big H

trumpet

🎺

beat

snarl

knock

iron

buzz

shriek

hammer

🔨

mine

fulminate

noise

bawl

noisy

earful

break out

Vertalings

tonnerre

🌩️

tonner

🌩️

trueno

🌩️

Donner

🌩️

tuono

🌩️

donnern

🌩️

donder

🌩️

trovão

🌩️

tronar

🌩️

tuonare

🌩️

trovejar

🌩️

donderen

🌩️

tro

🌩️

βροντή

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈθʌndə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thunder

Geërf van Old English: þunor

Verwante met Fries: tonger

Verwante met Nederlands: donder

Verwante met Duits: Donner

Verwante met Old Norse: Þórr

Verwante met Engels: Thor

Verwante met Deens: torden

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: tore

Verwante met Persies: تندر

Verwante met Latyn: tonō

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: στένω

Verwante met Iers: torann

Verwante met Wallies: taran

In summary

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.