"thundercloud" meaning in All languages combined

See thundercloud on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: thunderclouds [plural]
Etymology: From thunder + cloud. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thunder|cloud}} thunder + cloud Head templates: {{en-noun}} thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)
  1. (meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Clouds Translations (cloud): سَحَاب رَاعِد (saḥāb rāʕid) [collective, masculine, usually] (Arabic), سَحَابَة رَاعِدَة (saḥāba rāʕida) [feminine] (Arabic), رَاعِدَة (rāʕida) (english: one) [feminine] (Arabic), 雷雲 /雷云 (léiyún) (Chinese Mandarin), tordensky [common-gender] (Danish), ковол (kovol) (Erzya), ukkospilvi (Finnish), Gewitterwolke [feminine] (German), viharfelhő (Hungarian), ukontuuca (Ingrian), jyrypilvi (Ingrian), tordensky [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), грозова́я (grozovája) [feminine] (Russian), nubarrón [masculine] (Spanish), åskmoln [neuter] (Swedish), fırtına bulutu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-thundercloud-en-noun-ntF~idYp Disambiguation of Clouds: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Erzya translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 79 21 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'cloud': 100 0
  2. (by extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (something menacing and brooding): ukkospilvi (Finnish), viharfelő (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-thundercloud-en-noun-3kkdj1IL Disambiguation of 'something menacing and brooding': 2 98

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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