tornado

Meaning

Noun

A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Verb

To sweep through something violently.

Concepts

tornado

whirlwind

twister

cyclone

hurricane

waterspout

typhoon

wind

dust devil

crack

storm

crack cocaine

sandstorm

bad wind storm

hurricane a typhoon

twirl

whirl

landspout

vortex

supertwister

air

water spout

windstorm

eddy

whirlpool

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/

Etymology

From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”).

Sentences

We're not getting any tornado warnings on the radio .