typhon
See also: Typhon
English
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”); see typhoon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittyphon (plural typhons)
- (obsolete) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
- a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- The circling typhon whirled from point to point.
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittyphon m (plural typhons)
- tropical cyclone, typhoon (hurricane in the Pacific)
Further reading
edit- “typhon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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