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From thunder +‎ storm.

• (General American) enPR: thŭnʹdər-stôrm', IPA(key): /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/
• Hyphenation: thun‧der‧storm

thunderstorm (plural thunderstorms)

1. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
   Synonyms: (abbreviation) t-storm, lightning storm, electrical storm
   • 1936 July, John Buchan, “Lost Gods”, in The Island of Sheep, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, part I (Fosse), page 11:
     I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.

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• thunderstormy

storm with thunder and lightning

• Afrikaans: onweer

• Albanian: shtrëngatë (sq) f

• Arabic: عَاصِفَة رَعْدِيَّة f (ʕāṣifa raʕdiyya)

• Armenian: ամպրոպ (hy) (amprop)

• Azerbaijani: tufan (az), fırtına (az)

• Belarusian: навальні́ца f (navalʹníca), бу́ра f (búra)

• Breton: arnev (br) m

• Bulgarian: гръмотевична бу́ря f (grǎmotevična búrja)

• Catalan: tempesta (ca) f

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 雷暴 (zh) (léibào)

• Cornish: arnewa

• Czech: bouřka (cs) f

• Danish: tordenvejr (da) n

• Dutch: onweer (nl) n

• Egyptian: (nšnj m)

• Esperanto: fulmotondro, fulmŝtormo

• Estonian: äikesetorm, äiksetorm, äike (et)

• Faroese: toruveður sg

• Finnish: ukkonen (fi), ukonilma (fi), ukkosmyrsky

• French: orage (fr) m

• Frisian:
  West Frisian: ûnwaar

• Galician: torboada (gl) f, treboada (gl) f, trebón (gl) m, tromba (gl) f

• Georgian: ჭექა-ქუხილი (č̣eka-kuxili), ელჭექი (elč̣eki), ელჭექი წვიმით (elč̣eki c̣vimit), ელჭექი წვიმითა და ქარიშხლით (elč̣eki c̣vimita da karišxlit), ჭექა-ქუხილი და ქარიშხალი (č̣eka-kuxili da karišxali), ჭექა-ქუხილი და წვიმა (č̣eka-kuxili da c̣vima)

• German: Gewitter (de) n

• Greek: καταιγίδα (el) f (kataigída)
  Ancient Greek: θύελλα f (thúella), καταιγίς f (kataigís)

• Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew: סוּפַת רַעֲמִים

• Hindi: आंधी (hi) f (āndhī), गरज-चमक f (garaj-camak)

• Hungarian: égiháború (hu)

• Icelandic: þrumuveður (is) n

• Ido: stormo

• Indonesian: badai petir, badai guntur (id)

• Interlingua: tempesta de tonitro

• Irish: léidearnach thoirní f, spéirling f, stoirm thoirní f

• Italian: temporale (it) m

• Japanese: 雷雨 (ja) (らいう, raiu)

• Kazakh: найзағай (naizağai)

• Khmer: ព្យុះមានរន្ទះផ្គរ (pyuh mien rʊənteah pkɔɔ), ព្យុះភ្លៀង (pyuh pliəŋ)

• Korean: 뇌우 (ko) (noe'u)

• Ladino: borraska, oraje

• Latgalian: nelaiks

• Latvian: negaiss m

• Lithuanian: perkūnija f

• Macedonian: бу́ра f (búra), лу́ња f (lúnja)

• Malay: ribut petir

• Māori: pūeaea

• Mongolian: аянгатай бороо (ajangataj boroo), аадар бороо (aadar boroo)

• Navajo: níłtsą́ bikąʼ

• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: tordenvær n
  Nynorsk: torevêr n

• Occitan: chavana (oc) f, auratge (oc) m, periclada f

• Persian: طوفان (fa) (tufân)

• Polish: burza (pl) f

• Portuguese: trovoada f

• Romanian: furtună (ro) f

• Russian: гроза́ (ru) f (grozá), бу́ря (ru) f (búrja)

• Sami:
  Northern Sami: bajándálki

• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: олуја f, грмљавина f
  Latin: oluja (sh) f, grmljavina (sh) f

• Slovak: búrka f

• Slovene: nevihta (sl) f

• Spanish: tormenta (es) f, tormenta electrica f, tronada (es)

• Swedish: åskväder (sv) n

• Tajik: раъду барқ (ra'du barq), тӯфон (tg) (tüfon)

• Thai: พายุฝนฟ้าคะนอง (paa-yú-fǒn-fáa-ká-nɔɔng), พายุฟ้าคะนอง (paa-yú-fáa-ká-nɔɔng)

• Turkish: oraj

• Ukrainian: гроза́ f (hrozá), бу́ря (uk) f (búrja)

• Urdu: آندھی (ur) f (āndhī), ژالہ بازی (žāla bāzī)

• Vietnamese: dông (vi), giông (vi), bão tố có sấm sét

• Welsh: storm fellt a tharannau f

• Zulu: ukuduma kwezulu

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