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fulmine

/ˈfʌlmɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ful-mine
IPA
/ˈfʌlmɪn/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To thunder or lightning.

Archaic

verb

To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fulminer, fulminō

Usage

Inflected Forms

fulmines (present, singular) fulmining (participle, present) fulmined (participle, past) fulmined (past)

Derived Forms

fulminant fulmination

Questions

How do you pronounce fulmine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʌlmɪn/.
What does fulmine mean?
To thunder or lightning.
Where does fulmine come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce fulmine

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