bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

== English == === Etymology === Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in the 1939 novel Finnegans Wake (see quote) as a sequence of syllables representing the sound of a thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve. The word is one of ten "thunderwords" in the book. Most commentators agree that the term is an amalgam of the words for "thunder" in several different languages: === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bɑ.bɑ.bɑ.dɑl.ɡɑɹ.ɑɡ.tək.ɑ.mi.nə.roʊn.koʊn.bɹoʊn.toʊ.nə.ɹoʊn.tu.ɑn.θuːn.tɹoʊ.vɑ.ɹuːn.ɑn.skoʊn.tu.hu.hɔːɾ.diː.nuːn.θuəɹ.nʊk/ === Interjection === bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk (onomatopoeia, nonce word, humorous) Representing a protracted sound of thundering or crashing. === References ===