lightning
🔒 The real picture unlocks in the dictionary app.
The meaning (definition) of the word lightning
a bright flash of light in the sky during a storm
The word lightning used in a sentence
“During the storm, bright lightning lit up the whole sky.”
Words that mean the same as lightning (synonyms)
boltflash
How the word lightning is said around the world
| French | foudre |
| Spanish | iluminación |
| Mandarin | 闪电 |
| Hindi | बिजली चमकना |
| Arabic | البرق |
| Russian | молния |
| Portuguese (EU) | raio |
| Portuguese (BR) | raio |
| Japanese | 稲妻 |
| German | Blitz |
| Urdu | بجلی |
| Punjabi | ਬਿਜਲੀ |
| Korean | 번개 |
| Hebrew | בָּרָק |
| Greek | αστραπή |
| Dutch | bliksem |
| Filipino | kidlat |
| Vietnamese | sét |
| Turkish | yıldırım |
| Persian | رعد و برق |
| Polish | błyskawica |
| Ukrainian | блискавка |
| Bengali | বজ্রপাত |
| Swedish | blixt |
| Italian | fulmine |
Learn lightning with pictures, sound and writing practice
Hear lightning spoken aloud, trace how it is written, and explore it in 25 languages in the Little Wordsmiths dictionary.
Open the full dictionaryLittle Wordsmiths is a picture-first children's dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia in 25 languages.
Home · Dictionary · Sign in · Sign up