orage

From Old French ore (“wind”) (ultimately from Latin aura (“breeze”)) + -age, less likely from a Vulgar Latin root *auraticum. Compare Occitan auratge, auro, oro, Catalan oratge, ora.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁaʒ/

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orage m (plural orages)

1. thunderstorm
2. storm, upset
3. (literary) turmoil, tumult
4. A device on an organ, which produces a "thunder" effect, usually by playing a large cluster chord on the pedalboard

• orageux

• “orage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From ore (“wind”), from Latin aura (“breeze”).

orage m (oblique plural orages, nominative singular orages, nominative plural orage)

1. storm; tempest

• tempeste

• French: orage