Polyglot Dictionary

tonnerre

/tɔ.nɛʁ/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. thunder

    • On entend le tonnerre au loin.

      We hear thunder in the distance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trovão

trovão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "thunder."

Practice

1 What does tonnerre mean?

2 Fill the gap: On entend le ___ au loin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tonnerre?

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