thundersnow
noun
thundersnow is a noun meaning “A thunderstorm accompanied by snow, rather than rain or hail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-U-N-D-E-R-S-N-O-W, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of thundersnow is thundersnows.
What does thundersnow mean?
noun
- 1
A thunderstorm accompanied by snow, rather than rain or hail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of thundersnow
- thundersnows plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is thundersnow?
Thundersnow appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Thundersnow in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | orage de neige |
| German | Schneegewitter |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does thundersnow come from?
From thunder + snow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).