ouragan
French edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”), via a Caribbean form with /-ɡ-/.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ouragan m (plural ouragans)
- (weather) hurricane
Descendants edit
- Saint Dominican Creole French: zouragan
- Polish: huragan
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Russian: урага́н (uragán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
References edit
- ^ “ouragan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ouragan m (plural ouragans)