monsoon
English
/mɒnˈsuːn/, /mɑnˈsuːn/
noun
Definitions
- Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
- The rains themselves.
- Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese monção derived from Dutch, Flemish moesson derived from Arabic مَوْسِم (season).
Origin
Arabic
مَوْسِم
Gloss
season
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
季, 候
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimonsoon English
- intermonsoon English
- intermonsoonal English
- monsoonal English
- monsoonlike English
- palaeomonsoon English
- postmonsoon English
- premonsoon English
- kesämonsuuni Finnish
- monsuuni Finnish
- monsuuni-ilmasto Finnish
- monsuunikausi Finnish
- monsuunimetsä Finnish
- monsuunisade Finnish
- monsuunituuli Finnish
- talvimonsuuni Finnish
- moesson Dutch, Flemish
- mousson French
- monsun Norwegian Bokmål
- monsuntid Norwegian Bokmål
- monsunvind Norwegian Bokmål
- monção Portuguese
- モンスーン Japanese
- monsun Polish
- monsunowy Polish
- monsun Norwegian Nynorsk
- monsuntid Norwegian Nynorsk
- monsunvind Norwegian Nynorsk
- مَوْسِم Arabic
- mousson Old French
- मानसून Hindi
- मानसूनी Hindi
- мавсим Persian
- موسم Persian
- mevsim Turkish
- მუსონი Georgian
- mevsim Crimean Tatar
- musim Brunei Malay
- musim ms-cla