Grammatical class
Verb
tonner
(meteorology, impersonal) to thunder
Details
Syllables
ton-ner
Phonetics
to.ne
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
24253
Freq. (movies)
51478
Freq. (news)
45357
Sentences
J'avais à peine marché un kilomètre et demi lorsqu'il se mit à tonner.
I had hardly walked a mile when it began to thunder.
B1
Pour empirer les choses, il se mit à tonner.
To make matters worse, it began to thunder fiercely.
B2