Singulier | Pluriel |
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lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\ |
lightnings \ˈlait.niŋz\ |
lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\ généralement indénombrable
The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
That tree was hit by lightning.
Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds— (Chrispher Marloze, Tamburlaine the Great, partie part 1, Londres, 1592, 2e édition (OCLC 932920499))
All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens,
With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps,
And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening
The rain at length ceased; and the lightnings, as they played along the black parapet of clouds, that lay piled in the east, shone with less dazzling fierceness,— (Daniel Pierce Thompson, The Green Mountain Boys, 1881, page 281)
Although we did not see the lightening, we did hear the thunder.
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?— (King James Version, The Holy Bible, chapitre XXXVIII, Robert Barker, Londres, 1611 (OCLC 964384981))
It was the thought of hot July and August days, when the clouds piled up like woolly mountains, and lightnings streaked the sky.— (E. L. Morris, The Child’s Eden, 1901, page 16.)
Nobs, though, was lightning by comparison with the slow thinking beast and dodged his opponent's thrust with ease. Then he raced to the rear of the tremendous thing and seized it by the tail.— (Edgard Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapitre V, 1918)
Éclair :
Nature | Forme |
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Positif | lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\ |
Incomparable | — |
lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\
Temps | Forme |
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Infinitif | to lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\ |
Présent simple, 3e pers. sing. |
lightnings \ˈlait.niŋz\ |
Prétérit | lightninged \ˈlait.niŋd\ |
Participe passé | lightninged \ˈlait.niŋd\ |
Participe présent | lightninging \ˈlait.niŋ.ɪŋ\ |
voir conjugaison anglaise |
lightning \ˈlait.niŋ\ impersonnel, intransitif
Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over.— (Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understoof Betsy, 1916)
The next day, though it is not only raining but thundering and lightninging as well, antiquing is seen by three-fourths of those present as a lesser evil than free play.— (Dan Greenburg, Chewsday: a sex novel, 1968)
"Hey!" yelled Reggie, pulling her back. "Get in here! It's lightninging. I don't want a charcoal-broiled friend!"— (Tricia Springstubb, Eunice Gottlieb and the unwhitewashed truth bout life, 1987)
I don’t know, Father, but believe me, it has been a horrible night — one that I’ll never forget. It thundered and lightninged, and I was very hungry.— (Carlo Collodi, Roberto Innocenti, The adventures of Pinocchio, 1988)