tyfoon

(Engels)

1. (masculine) typhoon
2. (masculine) train horn

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tiˈfoːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Mandarin Chinese: 大风

Verwante met Kantonees: 大風

Verwante met Arabies: طُوفَان

Verwante met Hindi: तूफ़ान

Verwante met Persies: توفان

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: Τυφῶν

In summary

Probably ultimately of Sinitic origin, Mandarin 大风 (dàfēng, “big wind”), Cantonese 大風 /大风 (daai⁶ fung¹, “big wind”), via Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān), Hindi तूफ़ान (tūfān), and Persian توفان (tufân).
Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”) is unrelated but has secondarily contaminated the word:
given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomenon, it is more likely it began east and moved west.

Sinonieme

taifoen

orkaan

cycloon

🌀

wervelstorm

🌀

Vertalings

typhoon

Taifun

tifón

typhon

tufão

τυφώνας

tajfun

tifone

ouragan

tifona

typhonas

tifó

tropischer Wirbelsturm

tayfun

περιδινητής