monsoon

Significado (Inglés)

1. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
2. Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
3. The rains themselves.
4. Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
5. (figuratively) Any heavy rainstorm.

Conceptos

monzón

Sinónimos

rainy season

rains

storm

trade winds

typhoon

blow

strong breeze

hurricane

Traducciones

monção

mousson

Monsun

monsone

moesson

monsó

μουσώνας

muson

Monsunwind

Monsun -s

منصون

Monsunregen

-e

Monsunzeit

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɒnˈsuːn/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).