tonitruer
French, verb/tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/
tonitruer is a French verb meaning “to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retentir comme le tonnerre”.
What does tonitruer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder)
- 2
to thunder (scream loudly and harshly)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retentir comme le tonnerre. 2. Parler très fort ; crier ; exprimer de façon très forte.
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 tonitruer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- tonitruant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- tonitrué participle past
- tonitrue first-person indicative present
- tonitrues indicative present second-person
- tonitruons first-person indicative plural
- tonitruez indicative plural present
- tonitruent indicative plural present
- tonitruais first-person imperfect indicative
- tonitruait imperfect indicative singular
- tonitruions first-person imperfect indicative
- tonitruiez imperfect indicative plural
- tonitruaient imperfect indicative plural
- tonitruai first-person historic indicative
- tonitruas historic indicative past
- tonitrua historic indicative past
- tonitruâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonitruer?
- /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/
- \tɔ.ni.tʁy.e\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonitruer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.