hurricane
English
/ˈhʌɹɪkən/, /ˈhʌɹɪˌkeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
- (meteorology) A wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian huracán (hurricane) derived from Taino *hurakā (hurricane).
Origin
Taino
*hurakā
Gloss
hurricane
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- fish hurricane English
- hurricanelike English
- hurricaneproof English
- hurricanic English
- hyperhurricane English
- posthurricane English
- prehurricane English
- superhurricane English
- Hurrikan German
- Orkan German
- uragano Italian
- orkaan Dutch, Flemish
- orkaanseizoen Dutch, Flemish
- ouragan French
- antihuracanes Spanish, Castilian
- huracán Spanish, Castilian
- orkan Norwegian Bokmål
- furacão Portuguese
- orkan Norwegian Nynorsk
- hairicín Irish
- huracà Catalan, Valencian
- เฮอริเคน Thai
- હરિકેન Gujarati
- uraganu Sicilian
- orkan Papiamentu
- *hurakā Taino
- juracán Taino
- hurakán Arawak