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thundercloud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From thunder + cloud.

Meanings

  1. A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Something menacing and brooding.
    • the ominous thunderclouds of war

Forms

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Relateds

cumulonimbus · rain cloud

Synonyms

storm cloud

Translations (27)

bg гръмотевичен облак (cloud) · myv ковол (cloud) · tr fırtına bulutu (cloud) · bg буреносен облак (cloud) · ar رَاعِدَة (cloud) · sv åskmoln (cloud) · taa k'wth nadlboddhi (cloud) · cmn 雷雲 /雷云 (cloud) · hu viharfelő (something menacing and brooding) · ar سَحَابَة رَاعِدَة (cloud) · ko 뇌운 (cloud) · alt кӱкӱрттӱ булут (cloud) · fi ukkospilvi (cloud) · izh ukontuuca (cloud) · ru грозова́я (cloud) · ko 먹구름이 끼다 (something menacing and brooding) · izh jyrypilvi (cloud) · ar سَحَاب رَاعِد (cloud) · hu viharfelhő (cloud) · es nubarrón (cloud) · de Gewitterwolke (cloud) · da tordensky (cloud) · fi ukkospilvi (something menacing and brooding) · kum къара булутлар (cloud) · pl burza (something menacing and brooding) · pl chmura burzowa (cloud) · nb tordensky (cloud)