thunderbird

thun·der·bird

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [thuhn-der-burd]
- /ˈθʌn dərˌbɜrd/
- /ˈθən.dərˌ.bərd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thuhn-der-burd]
- /ˈθʌn dərˌbɜrd/

Definitions of thunderbird word

noun thunderbird (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain. 1
noun Definition of thunderbird in Technology (messaging, open source) A complete free, open-source e-mail client from the Mozilla Foundation and therefore a true code descendent of the e-mail code in Netscape Navigator. The first non-beta release was in late 2004. The Firefox web browser is from the same source. 1
noun thunderbird a legendary bird that produces thunder, lightning, and rain according to the folk belief of several North American Indian peoples 0
noun thunderbird in the mythology of certain North American Indians, an enormous bird that produces thunder, lightning, and rain 0

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Origin of thunderbird

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30; thunder + bird

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Parts of speech for Thunderbird

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thunderbird popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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