English-Thai Dictionary

typhoon

N พายุไต้ฝุ่น  pa-yu-tai-fuan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TYPHOON

Ty *phoon ", n. Etym: [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tufao, Ar. tufan a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw ^n, tyfw ^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. Typhus ); or perhaps from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind. ]

 

Defn: A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

typhoon

ty phoon |tīˈfo͞on taɪˈfun | ▶noun a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans. DERIVATIVES ty phon ic |-ˈfänik |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind ’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

typhoon

typhoon |tʌɪˈfuːn | ▶noun a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans. DERIVATIVES typhonic |-ˈfɒnɪk |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent.: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind ’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

typhoon

typhoon noun See storm (sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

typhoon

typhoon noun cyclone, tropical storm, storm, tornado, hurricane, windstorm, whirlwind; N. Amer. informal twister.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

typhoon

ty phoon /taɪfúːn /〖＜中国; 大風 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 台風 〘北西太平洋に発生する暴風を伴う熱帯性低気圧; →cyclone , hurricane , tornado 〙.