thundercloud

See also: thunder cloud

English

A rolling thundercloud in The Netherlands

Etymology

From thunder +‎ cloud.

Noun

thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)

(meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud.
(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)
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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tordensky m or f
Russian: грозова́я f (grozovája)
Spanish: nubarrón (es) m
Swedish: åskmoln (sv) n
Turkish: fırtına bulutu

something menacing and brooding

Finnish: ukkospilvi (fi)
Hungarian: viharfelő

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