tornado en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ (US)
- tô(r)-nā'dō (UK)
- /tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/ (UK)
- (US) audio
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”).
Meanings
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A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening. […] A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even higher.
2024 May 5, Allison Chinchar, “Multiday severe weather threat could continue tornado streak this week”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 May 2024:An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
2013 March 14, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tornados | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tornadoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
dust devil · spout · devil wind · hook formation · fire whirl · cumulonimbus · updraft · thermal · waterspout · devil · landspout · whirl · supercell · fire devil · plow wind · derecho
Deriveds
tornadoproof · tornado hunter · gustnado · Tornado Alley · -nado · tornado drill · tornado omelette · volnado · stovepipe tornado · tornado siren · tornado fry · horse tornado · wedge tornado · tornado lamp · tornado juice · tornadic · rope tornado · snownado · tornado brain · tornado warning · tornadolike · tornado watch · tornado outbreak · firenado · tornado omurice · tornado potato · tornadoesque · tornado chaser · tornado shelter · pornado · supertornado · tornadocane
Descendants
торнадо · tornado · tornado · tornado · tornádó · tornado · tornado
Hypernyms
Synonyms
twister · whirlstorm · twister
Translations (120)
nso sedukaduka (violent windstorm) · kmr bablîsok (violent windstorm) · ti ህቦብላ ንፋስ (violent windstorm) · sw tufani (violent windstorm) · nn kvervelstorm (violent windstorm) · mg rambondanitra (violent windstorm) · pl tornado (violent windstorm) · sv tornado (violent windstorm) · el σίφουνας (violent windstorm) · grc λαῖλαψ (violent windstorm) · tl ipo-ipo (violent windstorm) · uk смерч (violent windstorm) · kk құйын (violent windstorm) · my လေဆင်နှာမောင်း (violent windstorm) · ak ahum (violent windstorm) · ota طولومبه (violent windstorm) · ko 폭풍 (violent windstorm) · te గాలివాన (violent windstorm) · lt viesulas (violent windstorm) · is skýstrokkur (violent windstorm) · lt trombas (violent windstorm) · ady гъуэжькуий (violent windstorm) · de Tornado (violent windstorm) · hu tornádó (violent windstorm) · pl trąba powietrzna (violent windstorm) · az qasırğa (violent windstorm) · te ప్రచండమారుతము (violent windstorm) · nn skypumpe (violent windstorm) · nv níyoltsoh (violent windstorm) · es ciclón (violent windstorm) · es tornado (violent windstorm) · nb tornado (violent windstorm) · tl buhawi (violent windstorm) · pt tornado (violent windstorm) · pt ciclone (violent windstorm) · crh şeytan toyu (violent windstorm) · kn ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ (violent windstorm) · chr ᎠᎦᎷᎦ (violent windstorm) · fi tornado (violent windstorm) · ru смерч (violent windstorm) · kn ತುಫಾನು (violent windstorm) · ja トルネード (violent windstorm) · id tornado (violent windstorm) · el ανεμοστρόβιλος (violent windstorm) · ms puting beliung (violent windstorm) · sm āsiosio (violent windstorm) · it tornado (violent windstorm) · ar إِعْصَار (violent windstorm) · ru торна́до (violent windstorm) · ml കൊടുങ്കാറ്റ് (violent windstorm) · ota بوراغان (violent windstorm) · ta சூறாவளி (violent windstorm) · tg гирдбод (violent windstorm) · sh tòrnādo (violent windstorm) · lv virpuļviesulis (violent windstorm) · da tornado (violent windstorm) · es huracán (violent windstorm) · is hvirfilbylur (violent windstorm) · ak gyampantrudu (violent windstorm) · sh то̀рна̄до (violent windstorm) · da skypumpe (violent windstorm) · nb skypumpe (violent windstorm) · sv tromb (violent windstorm) · ga tornádó (violent windstorm) · ca tornado (violent windstorm) · chy hevovetāso (violent windstorm) · fi trombi (violent windstorm) · es tifón (violent windstorm) · bg торна̀до (violent windstorm) · ka გრიალი (violent windstorm) · nn virvelstorm (violent windstorm) · ug قۇيۇن (violent windstorm) · pa ਬਵੰਡਰ (violent windstorm) · fo melduródn (violent windstorm) · kn ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿ (violent windstorm) · nl tornado (violent windstorm) · sa चक्रवातः (violent windstorm) · hi बवंडर (violent windstorm) · la turbō (violent windstorm) · hy պտտահողմ (violent windstorm) · la vertex (violent windstorm) · nn tornado (violent windstorm) · it tromba d'aria (violent windstorm) · cy gyrwynt (violent windstorm) · tr hortum (violent windstorm) · sco tornado (violent windstorm) · cmn 龍捲風 /龙卷风 (violent windstorm) · fi pyörremyrsky (violent windstorm) · vi lốc xoáy (violent windstorm) · ml ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ് (violent windstorm) · lt tornadas (violent windstorm) · nb virvelstorm (violent windstorm) · th ทอร์นาโด (violent windstorm) · ro tornadă (violent windstorm) · ko 토네이도 (violent windstorm) · es baguio (violent windstorm) · de Windhose (violent windstorm) · yi טאָרנאַדאָ (violent windstorm) · vi vòi rồng (violent windstorm) · chr ᎤᏃᎴ (violent windstorm) · fa گردباد (violent windstorm) · iu ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ (violent windstorm) · bg смерч (violent windstorm) · az burulğan (violent windstorm) · da hvirvelstorm (violent windstorm) · bo རླུང་འཁོར་འཚུབ (violent windstorm) · xmf ტორნადო (violent windstorm) · mn хар салхи (violent windstorm) · ang þoden (violent windstorm) · ja 竜巻 (violent windstorm) · ak mframaden (violent windstorm) · cs tornádo (violent windstorm) · pdt Wirbelstorm (violent windstorm) · ood siwulogi (violent windstorm) · uz tornado (violent windstorm) · te గాలికసురు (violent windstorm) · km ខ្យល់ព្យុះ (violent windstorm) · fr tornade (violent windstorm) · eo tornado (violent windstorm) · az tornado (violent windstorm)