monsoon
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monsoon
- /mɒnˈsuːn/ UK
- /mɑnˈsuːn/ US
- /ˈmɔːn.suːn/ India
- /ˈmɑːn.suːn/ India
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).
noun monsoons
- 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. Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying v
- The rains themselves.
- Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
- Any heavy rainstorm.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: seasonal, torrential, season, manson, rainfall, rains, rainstorm, downpour, deluge, cloudburst, torrent, precipitation, monsoon season, antimonsoon, northeast monsoon, temporale
Translations
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noun rain
| Português | monção |
|---|---|
| Français | mousson |
| Deutsch | Monsunregen |
| العربية | الأمْطَار المَوْسِمِيَّة |
noun wind
| Español | monzón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 몬순 monsun |
| 日本語 | モンスーン monsūn |
| 中文 | 季風 /季风 jìfēng |
| हिन्दी | मानसून mānsūn |
| Português | monção |
| Français | mousson |
| Deutsch | Monsun, Monsunwind |
| Română | muson |
| Русский | муссо́н mussón |
| Tiếng Việt | gió mùa |
| العربية | رِيَاح مَوْسِمِيَّة riyāḥ mawsimiyya |
Talk about this word "monsoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monsoon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. monsoon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monsoon "monsoon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monsoon.Cite this
@misc{monsoon_2026,
title = {monsoon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monsoon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
