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