tonnerre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tuneire, from Latin tonitrus (“thunder”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔ.nɛʁ/
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Homophones: thonaire, thonaires, toner, toners

Noun

tonnerre m (plural tonnerres)

thunder

Derived terms

Related terms

tonitruer

See also

foudre
orage

References

Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert, →ISBN

Further reading

“tonnerre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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