different between macroburst vs tornado

English

Etymology

macro- +? burst

Noun

macroburst (plural macrobursts)

1. (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.

Translations

See also

• microburst

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 ton? (“to thunder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh?- (“to thunder”). The o and r were reversed in English (metathesis) under influence of Spanish tornar (“to twist, to turn”), from Latin torn? (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tô(r)-n?'d?, IPA^(key): /t??(?)?ne?.d??/

Noun

tornado (plural tornadoes or tornados)

1. (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.

   Synonym: twister

Synonyms

• twister (informal)

Derived terms

• tornado shelter
• tornado watch (“conditions are favorable for producing a tornado”)
• tornado warning (“tornado has been sighted”)

Translations

Descendants

• ? Danish: tornado
• ? Irish: tornádó
• ? Italian: tornado
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: tornado
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: tornado
• ? Russian: ??????? (tornado)
• ? Spanish: tornado
  • ? German: Tornado

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)

1. tornado

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tornado f or m (plural tornado's, diminutive tornadootje n)

1. tornado

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor?nado/
• Hyphenation: tor?na?do
• Rhymes: -ado

Noun

tornado (accusative singular tornadon, plural tornadoj, accusative plural tornadojn)

1. (meteorology) tornado

Finnish

Noun

tornado

1. tornado

Declension

See also

• pyörremyrsky

Italian

Etymology

From English tornado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor?na.do/
• Rhymes: -ado

Noun

tornado m (invariable)

1. tornado

References

• 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)

1. (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)

1. (meteorology) a tornado

References

• “tornado” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English tornado, from Spanish tronada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?r?na.d?/

Noun

tornado n

1. (meteorology) tornado

   Synonym: tr?ba powietrzna

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• tornado in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tornado in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to??nadu/

Noun

tornado m (plural tornados)

1. (meteorology) tornado

Verb

tornado (feminine singular tornada, masculine plural tornados, feminine plural tornadas)

1. masculine singular past participle of tornar

Scots

Etymology

From English tornado.

Noun

tornado (plural tornadoes)

1. tornado

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Spanish tornado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?rna?do/
• Hyphenation: tor?na?do

Noun

tòrn?do m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. tornado

Declension

References

• “tornado” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

From English tornado, and this in turn from Spanish tronada (see English etymology for details).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to??nado/, [t?o??na.ð?o]

Noun

tornado m (plural tornados)

1. tornado

Related terms

Verb

tornado m (feminine singular tornada, masculine plural tornados, feminine plural tornadas)

1. Masculine singular past participle of tornar.

Anagrams

• tronado, rotando, no tardo