tro

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Meaning

thunder

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtɾɔ]
Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tro, from Vulgar Latin *tronus, a noun based on Vulgar Latin *tronāre, modification of Latin tonāre (“to thunder”) (with the additional /r/ perhaps by analogy with *tronitus, metathesis of tonitrus). Compare Spanish trueno, Portuguese trom.

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