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bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

/bɑ.bɑ.bɑ.dɑl.ɡɑɹ.ɑɡ.tək.ɑ.mi.nə.roʊn.koʊn.bɹoʊn.toʊ.nə.ɹoʊn.tu.ɑn.θuːn.tɹoʊ.vɑ.ɹuːn.ɑn.skoʊn.tu.hu.hɔːɾ.diː.nuːn.θuəɹ.nʊk/

bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk interjection: representing a protracted sound of thundering or crashing.

Interjection

  1. (humorous, nonce-word, onomatopoeic) Representing a protracted sound of thundering or crashing.
    • The fall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!) of a once wallstrait oldparr is retaled early in bed and later on life down through all christian minstrelsy.1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 3
    • The tornado hit. The roof went “bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!” as the aluminum was lifted up and down by the wind and vacuum. Its gaskets were loosened by the Passing Presence, the roof became a sieve. The torrents came down...1977, Jim Stratton, Pioneering in the Urban Wilderness, New York, N.Y.: Urizen Books, →ISBN, page 204, column 2

Examples of bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk in a sentence

  • The roof went “bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!” as the aluminum was lifted up and down by the wind and vacuum.1977, Jim Stratton, Pioneering in the Urban Wilderness, New York, N.Y.: Urizen Books, →ISBN, page 204, column 2:
  • "Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!" as the thunder might say.2005 June 10, “Arts Listings”, in The Austin Chronicle, Austin, T.X.: Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 71:
  • Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!2023, Tom Comitta, The Nature Book, Minneapolis, M.N.: Coffee House Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Origin of bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in the 1939 novel Finnegans Wake (see quote) as a sequence of syllables representing the sound of a thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve. The word is one of ten "thunderwords" in the book. Most commentators agree that the term is an amalgam of the words for "thunder" in several different languages: Details Suggestions by those other than McHugh are given in parentheses. * "bababadal": N/A, (Babel) * "gharaghta": Hindi गरज (garaj), (Hindi गड़गड़ाहट (gaṛagṛāhaṭ)) * "kamminarr": Japanese 雷 (kaminari) * "onnkonn": (Finnish ukkonen) * "bronn(to)": Ancient Greek βροντάω (brontáō) and Greek βροντάω (vrontáo) * "(to)nnerronn": French tonnerre * "tuonn": Italian tuono * "thunn": Old Romanian tun, (Scots thunner) * "trovarr": Portuguese trovão * "hounawnskawn": Swedish åska * "toohoohoordenen": Danish tordenen * "thurnuk": Irish toirneach

Questions about bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

What does bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk mean?
Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk means representing a protracted sound of thundering or crashing.
How do you use bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk in a sentence?
The roof went “bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!” as the aluminum was lifted up and down by the wind and vacuum.
What part of speech is bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk?
Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk is an interjection.
How do you pronounce bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk?
Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk is pronounced /bɑ.bɑ.bɑ.dɑl.ɡɑɹ.ɑɡ.tək.ɑ.mi.nə.roʊn.koʊn.bɹoʊn.toʊ.nə.ɹoʊn.tu.ɑn.θuːn.tɹoʊ.vɑ.ɹuːn.ɑn.skoʊn.tu.hu.hɔːɾ.diː.nuːn.θuəɹ.nʊk/ (US).

Words near bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk in the dictionary

  1. Baba Iaga
  2. Baba Jaga
  3. Baba Sheikh
  4. Baba Yaga
  5. Baba-Iaga
  6. bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
  7. bababooey
  8. bababudanite
  9. babaco
  10. babacoote
  11. babacootes

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