"lightning" meaning in Anglais

See lightning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈlait.niŋ\, \ˈlait.niŋ\, ˈlait.niŋ Audio: En-us-lightning.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-lightning.wav
  1. Furtivement.
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-adj-FcmGY7IG
  2. Qui bouge à la vitesse de l’éclair.
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-adj-Edc0k5m- Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \ˈlait.niŋ\, \ˈlait.niŋ\, ˈlait.niŋ Audio: En-us-lightning.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-lightning.wav Forms: lightnings [plural]
  1. Foudre.
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-noun-SSxfoJt1 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Éclair.
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-noun-YtuM2DCX Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  3. Se dit de tout ce qui bouge très rapidement. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-noun-Df7BiD2k Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lightning flash Related terms: thunder
Categories (other): Dates manquantes en anglais, Dérivations en anglais, Lemmes en anglais, Lexique en anglais de la météorologie, Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ing, Noms communs en anglais, Noms généralement indénombrables en anglais, Anglais Derived forms: ball lightning, greased lightning, lightning bug, lightning bolt, lightning conductor, lightning detector, lightning fast, lightning rod, lightning round, lightning strike, sheet lightning, upward lightning

Verb

IPA: \ˈlait.niŋ\, \ˈlait.niŋ\, ˈlait.niŋ Audio: En-us-lightning.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-lightning.wav Forms: to lightning [infinitive], lightnings [present, third-person, singular], lightninged [preterite], lightninged [participle, past], lightninging [participle, present]
  1. Produire des éclairs. Tags: childish
    Sense id: fr-lightning-en-verb-KnZW-nn3 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Langage enfantin en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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        "Se dit de tout ce qui bouge très rapidement."
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      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈlait.niŋ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈlait.niŋ\\"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lightning flash"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "uncountable"
  ],
  "word": "lightning"
}

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    "Dates manquantes en anglais",
    "Dérivations en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Lexique en anglais de la météorologie",
    "Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ing",
    "anglais"
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    "(Date à préciser) Dérivé de lighten, avec le suffixe -ing."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
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      "glosses": [
        "Furtivement."
      ]
    },
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        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
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          "ref": "Nader Uskowi, Temperature Rising, page 69",
          "text": "The insurgents then began their lightning advance along the Euphrates in the Sunni heartland toward Baghdad."
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        "Qui bouge à la vitesse de l’éclair."
      ]
    }
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    "Lexique en anglais de la météorologie",
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    "(Date à préciser) Dérivé de lighten, avec le suffixe -ing."
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        "\\ˈlait.niŋ\\"
      ],
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        "infinitive"
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        "\\ˈlait.niŋz\\"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
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        "\\ˈlait.niŋd\\"
      ],
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        "preterite"
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      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈlait.niŋd\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "lightninging",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈlait.niŋ.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
        "present"
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  "notes": [
    "[Alt: attention] Il s’agit d’un terme utilisé qui n’est pas d’un usage standard.",
    "Le verbe standard, rarement utilisé, pour « produire des éclairs » est lighten. Il ne s’utilise qu’a la forme impersonnelle."
  ],
  "paronyms": [
    {
      "word": "lightening"
    }
  ],
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  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Langage enfantin en anglais"
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        {
          "ref": "Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understoof Betsy, 1916",
          "text": "Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Dan Greenburg, Chewsday: a sex novel, 1968",
          "text": "The next day, though it is not only raining but thundering and lightninging as well, antiquing is seen by three-fourths of those present as a lesser evil than free play."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Tricia Springstubb, Eunice Gottlieb and the unwhitewashed truth bout life, 1987",
          "text": "\"Hey!\" yelled Reggie, pulling her back. \"Get in here! It's lightninging. I don't want a charcoal-broiled friend!\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "Carlo Collodi, Roberto Innocenti, The adventures of Pinocchio, 1988",
          "text": "I don’t know, Father, but believe me, it has been a horrible night — one that I’ll never forget. It thundered and lightninged, and I was very hungry."
        }
      ],
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        "Produire des éclairs."
      ],
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      ]
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