tonitruant

From Latin tonitruāns, present participle of tonitruō (“I thunder”).

tonitruant (comparative more tonitruant, superlative most tonitruant)

1. thundering

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɑ̃/

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tonitruant

1. present participle of tonitruer

tonitruant (feminine tonitruante, masculine plural tonitruants, feminine plural tonitruantes)

1. thundering; raucous
   • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:

     dans les parcs et les stades, on chantait, on dansait, on riait, on organisait de grandes kermesses tonitruantes.

     In the parks and stadiums, we sang, we danced, we laughed, we organised raucous fêtes.

• “tonitruant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French tonitruant.

tonitruant m or n (feminine singular tonitruantă, masculine plural tonitruanți, feminine and neuter plural tonitruante)

1. thundering

• tonitruant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN