tonitruant
French, adjective/tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɑ̃/
tonitruant is a French adjective meaning “thundering; raucous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of tonitruer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait un bruit comparable à celui du tonnerre”.
What does tonitruant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thundering; raucous
verb
- 1
present participle of tonitruer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait un bruit comparable à celui du tonnerre. 2. Qui occasionne un bruit retentissant. 3. Dont la voix ou les propos sont retentissants.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tonitruant
- tonitruante feminine
- tonitruants masculine plural
- tonitruantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonitruant?
- /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɑ̃/
- \tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonitruant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonitruant in French?
tonitruant appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).