Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (countable, uncountable)An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of thunder word.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.

Examples

173 sentences
  1. After the lightning, came the thunder.

    Після блискавки загуркотів грім. — deniko

    ruВслед за молнией грянул гром. — marafon

    deNach dem Blitz kam der Donner. — Esperantostern

  2. 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

  3. Lightning normally accompanies thunder.

    Зазвичай, блискавка супроводиться громом. — Ahha

    deDer Blitz wird normalerweise vom Donner begleitet. — Katheriinne

  4. The thunder scared the children.

    Гром налякав дітей. — deniko

    ruГром напугал детей. — marafon

    deDie Kinder hatten vor dem Donner Angst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Lightning precedes thunder.

    Грім лунає після блискавки. — rozmaita

    ruМолния предшествует грому. — marafon

    deDer Blitz kommt vor dem Donner. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
sound caused by lightning:
sound resembling thunder:
Русский
By meaning 3
sound caused by lightning:
sound resembling thunder:
deep, rumbling noise:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sound caused by lightning:
sound resembling thunder:

Origin

From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þ

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”).

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