English

Verb

fulmine ‎(third-person singular simple present fulmines, present participle fulmining, simple past and past participle fulmined)

1. (archaic) To thunder or lightning.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:

     And ever and anone the rosy red / Flasht through her face, as it had been a flake / Of lightning through bright heven fulmined [...].

2. (archaic, figuratively) To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
   • Tennyson

     She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fulminent, fulmines

Verb

fulmine

1. first-person singular present indicative of fulminer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fulminer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fulminer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of fulminer
5. second-person singular imperative of fulminer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fulminem, accusative form of fulmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.mi.ne/, [ˈful̺min̺e]
• Rhymes: -ulmine
• Hyphenation: fùl‧mi‧ne

Noun

fulmine m ‎(plural fulmini)

1. lightning

Synonyms

• folgore
• saetta

Related terms

• fulminante
• fulminare
• fulminato
• fulminazione
• fulmineo
• fulminio

See also

• tuono

Latin

Noun

fulmine

1. ablative singular of fulmen

Spanish

Verb

fulmine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fulminar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fulminar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fulminar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fulminar.