thunder
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated…The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
» After the lightning, came the thunder.
Nach dem Blitz kam der Donner. — Esperantostern
Вслед за молнией грянул гром. — marafon
После молнии грянул гром. — marafon
Вслед за молнией прогремел гром. — marafon
Після блискавки загуркотів грім. — deniko
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
Thunder is preceded by lightning.
Thunder cracked overhead.
Donner, Dunner
громgrom
грімhrim
a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
(countable, uncountable)A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede.
Donnern, Dunner, Donnern
громgrom, гро́хотgróxot, ро́котrókot
грімhrim, гу́ркітhúrkit, гу́ркітhúrkit
a deep prolonged loud noise
(countable, uncountable)An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of thunder word.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
Examples
173 sentencesAfter the lightning, came the thunder.
Після блискавки загуркотів грім. — deniko
ruВслед за молнией грянул гром. — marafon
deNach dem Blitz kam der Donner. — Esperantostern
The animals were scared by the thunder.
Тварини були налякані грозою. — ChickenKiev
ruЖивотные были напуганы громом. — Inego
deDie Tiere fürchteten sich vor dem Donner. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lightning normally accompanies thunder.
Зазвичай, блискавка супроводиться громом. — Ahha
deDer Blitz wird normalerweise vom Donner begleitet. — Katheriinne
The thunder scared the children.
Гром налякав дітей. — deniko
ruГром напугал детей. — marafon
deDie Kinder hatten vor dem Donner Angst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lightning precedes thunder.
Грім лунає після блискавки. — rozmaita
ruМолния предшествует грому. — marafon
deDer Blitz kommt vor dem Donner. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: thundersSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
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