storm cloud

See also: stormcloud and storm-cloud

English

Noun

storm cloud (plural storm clouds)

1. (meteorology) A dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm.
   • 2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 35:

     Uncertainty hangs over the industry like a storm cloud on a summer's day, preventing long-term planning and investment.

Synonyms

• thundercloud

Translations

rain cloud with potential to bring a storm

• Belarusian: хма́ра (be) f (xmára)
• Carpathian Rusyn: хма́ра f (xmára)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風暴雲／风暴云 (fēngbàoyún), 烏雲／乌云 (zh) (wūyún), 黑雲／黑云 (hēiyún)

• Dutch: onweerswolk (nl) f
• Finnish: myrskypilvi
• French: nuage orageux m
• Galician: nubarrón m
• Georgian: საავდრო ღრუბელი (saavdro ɣrubeli), საწვიმარი ღრუბელი (sac̣vimari ɣrubeli), წვიმის ღრუბელი (c̣vimis ɣrubeli)
• German: Gewitterwolke f, Wetterwolke f
• Khmer: ជើងខ្យល់ (cəəng khyɑl), ស្យាម (km) (syaam), ជលធរ (cŭəllĕəʼthɔɔ), អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត (ʼap sɑnnibaat)
• Maori: atiru, paroro
• Russian: ту́ча (ru) f (túča)
• Spanish: nubarrón (es) m
• Ukrainian: хма́ра f (xmára)
• Yiddish: כמאַרע f (khmare)