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

🔉

thunderbolt

lightning

rattle

clatter

thundering

roll

thunderclap

resound

scream

😱

hell dust

ring out

shout

nose drops

skag

howl

scag

peal

thunderstorm

smack

roaring

bellow

heard

echo

explode

bluster

make noise

reverberate

yell

rumbling

crash

trumpet

🎺

knock

noise

iron

snarl

shriek

noisy

buzz

beat

bawl

big H

hammer

🔨

fulminate

mine

rant

reecho

resonate

revilement

ring

💍

rough stuff

scatter

scold

scolding

sky

slang

sonorously

spread

squall

storm

supreme being

swearing

thrum

thud

thunder and lightning

thunderous

thunders

tremble

trundle

vituperation

warfare

waves

wigging

yawp

yowl

blare out

blat out

brattle

clap of thunder

crash out

raise one’s voice

roll about

storm wind

vroom

blackguardism

muttering of clouds

roar loudly

name calling

alarm

sky god

bang

bark

bay

blare

blast

blaze

boo

booming

break out

bully

burst

burst forth

burst out

clap

👏

crackle

cry

😢

cry out

curse

die

💀

dirt

earful

fall

groaning

growl

grumble

hidden

holler

hum

idleness

invectives

lamming

lashing

name-calling

opprobrium

organic compound

pealed

pealing

pepper-and-salt

plonk

pound

💷

purring

quake

rage

😡

railing

rain

🌧️

rainbow

🌈

ramp

Vertalings

tonnerre

🌩️

tonner

🌩️

trueno

🌩️

Donner

🌩️

donnern

🌩️

donder

🌩️

tronar

🌩️

donderen

🌩️

daveren

💥

bulderen

🌩️

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.