thundercloud

See also: thunder cloud

English

Etymology

From thunder +‎ cloud.

Noun

thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)

1. (meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.

   Synonym: storm cloud

2. (by extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding.

   the ominous thunderclouds of war

Translations

cloud

Arabic: سَحَاب رَاعِد m (saḥāb rāʕid) (collective or in general), سَحَابَة رَاعِدَة f (saḥāba rāʕida), رَاعِدَة f (rāʕida) (one) Bulgarian: буреносен облак m (burenosen oblak), гръмотевичен облак m (grǎmotevičen oblak) Chinese: Mandarin: 雷雲 / 雷云 (zh) (léiyún) Danish: tordensky (da) c Erzya: ковол (kovol) Finnish: ukkospilvi (fi) German: Gewitterwolke (de) f Hungarian: viharfelhő (hu) Ingrian: ukontuuca, jyrypilvi Korean: 뇌운 (ko) (noe'un) Kumyk: къара булутлар (qara bulutlar) Norwegian: Bokmål: tordensky m or f Polish: chmura burzowa f Russian: грозова́я f (grozovája) Southern Altai: кӱкӱрттӱ булут (kükürttü bulut) Spanish: nubarrón (es) m Swedish: åskmoln (sv) n Turkish: fırtına bulutu

something menacing and brooding

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ukkospilvi (fi) Hungarian: viharfelő Korean: 먹구름이 끼다 (meokgureumi kkida) Polish: burza (pl) f

See also

• cumulonimbus
• rain cloud