orkaan
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɔrˈkaːn/
noun
Definitions
- hurricane
- (figuratively) An uncontrollable/destructive force
- (figuratively) Something moving extremely fast
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian huracán (hurricane) derived from Taino juracán.
Origin
Taino
juracán
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish hurricane English
- hurricane English
- hurricanelike English
- hurricaneproof English
- hurricanic English
- hyperhurricane English
- posthurricane English
- prehurricane English
- superhurricane English
- Hurrikan German
- Orkan German
- orkanartig German
- uragano Italian
- orkaanseizoen Dutch, Flemish
- seizoen Dutch, Flemish
- ouragan French
- ураган Russian
- antihuracanes Spanish, Castilian
- huracán Spanish, Castilian
- orkan Norwegian Bokmål
- furacão Portuguese
- huragan Polish
- orkan Norwegian Nynorsk
- hairicín Irish
- orkan Danish
- orkan Serbo-Croatian
- huracà Catalan, Valencian
- uragan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เฮอริเคน Thai
- ouragan Norman
- હરિકેન Gujarati
- uraganu Sicilian
- orkan Papiamentu
- *hurakā Taino
- juracán Taino
- hurakán Arawak