English-French translations for thunderstorm

• orage
  Un violent orage est à nos portes. There is a heavy thunderstorm on our doorstep.
• tonnerre

Definition of thunderstorm

• A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow

Related words

• thunderstruck
• thunderstone
• thunderstrike
• thunderstriking
• look like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
• be thunderstruck