typhoon

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see also: Typhoon

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /taɪˈfuːn/
• (America) enPR: tīfo͞onʹ, IPA: /taɪˈfun/

Noun

typhoon (plural typhoons)

1. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Translations

• French: typhon
• German: Taifun
• Italian: tifone
• Portuguese: tufão
• Russian: тайфу́н
• Spanish: tifón

Verb

typhoon (typhoons, present participle typhooning; past and past participle typhooned)

1. (intransitive) To swirl like a hurricane.

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Typhoon

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Noun

typhoon (plural typhoons)

1. A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
2. (historical) A Hawker Typhoon, a World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.

   Synonyms: Tiffy

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