wikipedia
English
Pronunciation
AHD|
IPA|
SAMPA|//
Etymology
From Arabic ARchar|ÙÙس٠(mausim, season) < ARchar|Ùس٠(wásama, to mark, to brand), through Portuguese and Dutch. <ref>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 Houghton Mifflin</ref><ref>A Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English Platts.</ref>
Noun
en-noun
- 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.
Translations
trans-top|wind
Finnish: t-|fi|monsuuni, t-|fi|monsuunituuli
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|tropical rainy season
Bulgarian: мÑÑон
Czech: monzun m
Dutch: moesson m
Esperanto: musono
Finnish: t+|fi|sadekausi
French: t+|fr|mousson|f
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Monsun|m
Interlingua: monson
Polish: monsun
Portuguese: monção f
Russian: t+|ru|мÑÑÑон|m|sc=Cyrl
Ukrainian: мÑÑон
trans-bottom
trans-top|rain
Finnish: t-|fi|monsuunisade
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|meteorological system
Finnish: t-|fi|monsuuni-ilmasto
trans-mid
trans-bottom
References
<references/>
fr:monsoon
io:monsoon
pt:monsoon
ta:monsoon
te:monsoon
vi:monsoon
zh:monsoon
| 
