thunderbolt

English

Etymology

thunder +‎ bolt

Noun

thunderbolt (plural thunderbolts)

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
(figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- Dryden
  the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- Hakewill
  He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.
(soccer) A very powerful shot.
- 2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, in BBC‎:
  Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.
(paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
(heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
A daring or irresistible hero.

Derived terms

thunderbolt beetle

Translations

flash of lightning accompanied by thunder

Arabic: صَاعِقَة‎ (ṣāʿiqa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 霹靂 (zh), 霹雳 (zh) (pīlì), 迅雷 (zh) (xùnléi)
Chuvash: ҫиҫӗм (śiśĕm)
Dutch: bliksemstraal (nl), donderstraal (nl), donderslag (nl)
Finnish: salamanisku (fi), ukkosenjyrähdys, salama (fi)
French: coup de tonnerre (fr) m
Friulian: folc m, saete f, sfulmin
Galician: lóstrego (gl) m
German: Donnerkeil m, Blitzstrahl m, Blitz mit Donnerschlag m
Greek: κεραυνός (el) m (keravnós), αστραπή (el) f (astrapí)
Hungarian: villámcsapás (hu)
Istriot: sàita f
Italian: fulmine (it), folgore (it), saetta (it), lampo (it)
Japanese: 雷 (ja) (かみなり, kaminari), 落雷 (ja) (らくらい, rakurai)
Korean: 벼락 (ko) (byeorak)

Latin: fulmen n
Low German: Blitzsteen m
Maori: epa
Norman: foudre f
Persian: رعد و برق‎ (ra'd-o-barq), صاعقه‎ (fa) (sâ'eqe), آذرخش‎ (fa) (âzaraxš)
Portuguese: raio (pt) m
Romanian: fulger (ro) n
Russian: уда́р мо́лнии m (udár mólnii)
Sanskrit: नरक (sa) (naraka), वज्र (sa) (vajra)
Spanish: rayo (es) m
Swedish: vigg (sv) c, tordön (sv) c, åskknall (sv) c
Tajik: соиқа (tg) (soyiqa)
Telugu: పిడుగు (te) (piḍugu)
Venetian: sita f, saéta f
Welsh: taranau, taranfollt

an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: järkytys (fi)
Greek: κεραυνός (el) m (keravnós)

Korean: 벼락 (ko) (byeorak)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: పిడుగుపాటు (piḍugupāṭu)

See also

thunderclap

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