Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thundershower

/θˈʌndɚʃˌaʊwɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: thun-der-show-er
IPA: /θˈʌndɚʃˌaʊwɚ/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Example Sentences

"The thundershower poured down on us as we ran home, but returned to a drizzle after several minutes."
"[S]ometimes, like the priests of Baal in the Bible, he would cut himself with knives till the blood fell upon the ground in great drops suggestive of an oncoming thunder-shower."

Etymology

From thunder + shower.

Inflected Forms

thundershowers (plural)

Derived Forms

thundershowery

Frequently Paired Words

cloudburst

Questions

How do you pronounce thundershower?: The recorded pronunciation is /θˈʌndɚʃˌaʊwɚ/.
What does thundershower mean?: A rain shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Where does thundershower come from?: From thunder + shower.

How to pronounce thundershower

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