tuono
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See also: tuonò
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). Doublet of tono.
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Noun
tuono m (plural tuoni)
- thunder
- (by extension) a loud roaring noise; thunder, rumble
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXI, p. 390 vv. 139-142:
- [...] e fero un grido di sì alto suono, ¶ che non potrebbe qui assomigliarsi ¶ né io lo 'ntesi, sì mi vinse il tuono.
- and a cry uttered of so loud a sound, ¶ it here could find no parallel, nor I ¶ distinguished it, the thunder so o'ercame me.
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Etymology 2
Verb
tuono