thunderbolt

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
2. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
4. A very powerful shot.
5. A belemnite, or thunderstone.
6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
7. A daring or irresistible hero.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To strike with a thunderbolt.
2. (rare) To move swiftly and violently.

Concepts

foudre

coup de foudre

éclair

coup de tonnerre

fulgurer

bélemnite

nouvelle foudroyante

Synonymes

lightning

thunder

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bolt

bolt of lightning

thunderclap

flash

Indra’s weapon

log

bombshell

devil's finger

clay

levin

lightning strike

love at first sight

meteorite

stroke of lightning

lightning stroke

bolt agril

Traductions

rayo

fulmine

κεραυνός

Blitz

raio

relámpago

yıldırım

saetta

folgore

relâmpago

bliksem

lampo

αστραπή

αστροπελέκι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From thunder + bolt.