fulminare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre. By surface analysis, fulmine (“lightning”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ful.miˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nà‧re

Verb

fulminàre (first-person singular present fùlmino, first-person singular past historic fulminài, past participle fulminàto, auxiliary avére or (alternatively when impersonal) èssere)

1. (transitive) to strike by lightning
2. (transitive) to freeze or paralyze (someone) by looking at them

   Synonyms: folgorare, gelare, colpire, annichilire, raggelare, paralizzare

   • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 113:

     Gatsby, pallido come la morte, con le mani gettate come pesi nelle tasche della giacca, se ne stava in piedi in una pozza d’acqua fulminandomi tragicamente con gli occhi.

     Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes.

     (literally, “Gatsby, pale like death, with his hands thrown like weights in the jacket's pockets, was standing in a puddle of water, paralyzing me tragically with his eyes.”)

3. (transitive) to electrocute

   Synonym: folgorare

4. (transitive) to strike violently and with precision

   lo fulminò con un destro alla mascella

   he struck him with a right hand to the jaw

5. (intransitive, impersonal) (to) there be lightning [auxiliary essere or avere]

   ha tuonato e fulminato tutta la notte

   it thundered and there was lightning all night

6. (intransitive, archaic) to move quickly and forcefully

Anagrams

• fulminerà

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ful.miˈnaː.re/, [fʊɫ̪mɪˈnäːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ful.miˈna.re/, [fulmiˈnäːre]

Verb

fulmināre

1. inflection of fulminō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Verb

fulminare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of fulminar