tornado

== English == === Etymology === From earlier English ternado, attested since the 1550s as a nautical term for a windy thunderstorm. From Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”), from tronar (“to thunder”), from Latin tonō (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin tornō (“to turn”). === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: tô(r)-nā'dō, IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)ˈneɪ.dəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ === Noun === tornado (plural tornadoes or tornados) (meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. Synonym: twister ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: tornado → Irish: tornádó → Italian: tornado → Norwegian Bokmål: tornado → Norwegian Nynorsk: tornado → Russian: торнадо (tornado) → Spanish: tornado → Dutch: tornado → German: Tornado → Portuguese: tornado ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tornado (third-person singular simple present tornados, present participle tornadoing, simple past and past participle tornadoed) (ambitransitive, figuratively) To sweep through something violently. === See also === cyclone, dust devil, waterspout, willy willy hurricane, typhoon tournedo(s) === References === === Anagrams === donator, odorant, tandoor == Danish == === Etymology === From English tornado. === Noun === tornado c (singular definite tornadoen, plural indefinite tornadoer) tornado ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tornado f or m (plural tornado's, diminutive tornadootje n) tornado == Esperanto == === Etymology === From French tornade, Italian tornado, German Tornado, Yiddish טאָרנאַדאָ (tornado), Russian торна́до (tornádo), Polish tornado, all derived from English tornado, from Spanish tronada (“thunderstorm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /torˈnado/ Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: tor‧na‧do === Noun === tornado (accusative singular tornadon, plural tornadoj, accusative plural tornadojn) (meteorology) tornado === Further reading === “tornado”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “tornado”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Finnish == === Etymology === From English tornado, from Spanish tronada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtornɑdo/, [ˈt̪o̞rnɑ̝do̞] Rhymes: -ornɑdo Syllabification(key): tor‧na‧do Hyphenation(key): tor‧na‧do === Noun === tornado tornado ==== Declension ==== === See also === pyörremyrsky trombi === Further reading === “tornado”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Galician == === Participle === tornado (feminine tornada, masculine plural tornados, feminine plural tornadas) past participle of tornar == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tornado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /torˈna.do/ Rhymes: -ado Hyphenation: tor‧nà‧do === Noun === tornado m (usually invariable, plural (rare) tornadi) tornado === Further reading === tornado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === rotando, rotonda == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Spanish tronada, via English tornado. === Noun === tornado m (definite singular tornadoen, indefinite plural tornadoer, definite plural tornadoene) (meteorology) a tornado === References === “tornado” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Spanish tronada, via English tornado. === Noun === tornado m (definite singular tornadoen, indefinite plural tornadoar, definite plural tornadoane) (meteorology) a tornado === References === “tornado” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tornado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔrˈna.dɔ/ Rhymes: -adɔ Syllabification: tor‧na‧do === Noun === tornado n (indeclinable) (meteorology) tornado, twister, whirlwind (violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground) Synonyms: cyklon, trąba, trąba powietrzna (figurative) tsunami (violent event that changes or completely shatters the previous state of something) Synonym: tsunami (figurative) tsunami, flood (appearance of some emotion, behavior, or phenomenon in large quantities or in high intensity) [with genitive] Synonyms: natłok, tsunami ==== Declension ==== or Indeclinable. === Further reading === tornado in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tornado in Polish dictionaries at PWN tornado in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tor‧na‧do === Noun === tornado m (plural tornados) (meteorology) tornado === Participle === tornado (feminine tornada, masculine plural tornados, feminine plural tornadas) past participle of tornar === Further reading === “tornado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tornado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scots == === Etymology === From English tornado. === Noun === tornado (plural tornadoes) tornado == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Spanish tornado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tǒrnaːdo/ Hyphenation: tor‧na‧do === Noun === tòrnādo m inan (Cyrillic spelling то̀рна̄до) tornado ==== Declension ==== === References === “tornado”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tornado, and this in turn from Spanish tronada (see English etymology for details). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toɾˈnado/ [t̪oɾˈna.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: tor‧na‧do === Noun === tornado m (plural tornados) tornado ==== Related terms ==== === Participle === tornado (feminine tornada, masculine plural tornados, feminine plural tornadas) past participle of tornar === Further reading === “tornado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === tronado, rotando == Swedish == === Noun === tornado c a larger tornado (especially in the US) Synonym: (more general) tromb ==== Declension ==== === References === “tornado”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tornado”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tornado”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)