Tornado

  • 11Tornado — Tor*na do, n.; pl. {Tornadoes}. [From Sp. or Pg. tornar to turn, return, L. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The Sp. & Pg. tornada is a return. See {Turn}.] A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Tornado — Tornādo (span.), Windstoß von kurzer Dauer und verheerender Kraft. Die T. an der Westküste von Afrika sind nur heftige Gewitterböen, die in Nordamerika dagegen sind Wettersäulen (s.d.), die eine schmale, aber lange Zerstörungsspur hinter sich… …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13Tornado — Tornado, span., Orkan zur Regenzeit in den Tropengegenden …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 14Tornado — Tornado,der:⇨Wirbelsturm …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 15tornado — TORNÁDO s.n. v. tornadă. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …

    Dicționar Român

  • 16tornado — (n.) 1550s, navigator s word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Sp. tronada thunderstorm, from tronar to thunder, from L. tonare to thunder (see THUNDER (Cf. thunder)). Metathesis of o and r …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 17tornado — s. m. 1. Tufão de vento que faz remoinho (comum nos trópicos). • adj. 2. Que voltou …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 18tornado — *whirlwind, cyclone, typhoon, hurricane, waterspout, twister …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 19tornado — has the plural form tornadoes. The plural form of the military aircraft, however, is Tornados …

    Modern English usage

  • 20tornado — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. n I, Mc. tornadoadzie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} tropikalny cyklon pojawiający się nad Zatoką Meksykańską i na Kubie, głównie wiosną i latem; trąba powietrzna <hiszp.> {{/stl 7}} …

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