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Noun

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tyfoon (plural tyfoons)

  1. Obsolete form of typhoon.

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Etymology

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Probably ultimately of Sinitic origin, Mandarin 大风 (dàfēng, big wind), Cantonese 大風大风 (daai6 fung1, big wind), via Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān), Hindi तूफ़ान (tūfān), and Persian توفان (tufân). Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, Typhon, father of the winds) is unrelated but has secondarily contaminated the word: given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomenon, it is more likely it began east and moved west.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiˈfoːn/
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  • Hyphenation: ty‧foon

Noun

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tyfoon m (plural tyfoons, diminutive tyfoontje n)

  1. typhoon
  2. train horn