mousson

Meaning

monsoon (extremely strong tropical wind)
monsoon (tropical rainy season)

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mu.sɔ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”). The word was borrowed at least three times, from Dutch and Spanish as well as directly from Portuguese.

Borrowed from Portuguese

monção

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Sentences

Les crues importantes durant la mousson sont aggravées par le phénomène de déforestation .

Significant flooding during the monsoon is aggravated by the phenomenon of deforestation.

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