tonnerre
French, noun/tɔ.nɛʁ/
tonnerre is spelled T-O-N-N-E-R-R-E (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonnerre is a French masculine noun meaning “thunder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit de la foudre”.
What does tonnerre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethunder
- 2
masculinetough guy, troublemaker
phrase
- 1
synonym of tonnerre mes chiens (“darn it, dang it, damnit”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit de la foudre. 2. La foudre elle-même. 3. Manifestation bruyante, grondement. 4. Endroit du canon d’un fusil, d’un pistolet où se met la charge et où se produit l’explosion au moment du tir.
interjection: 1. Pour marquer l’étonnement ou l'énervement.
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 tonnerre
- tonnerres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonnerre?
- /tɔ.nɛʁ/
- [tɔ̃.næɾ]
- \tɔ.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonnerre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonnerre in French?
tonnerre appears 6.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).