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typhoon in Arabic

تَايْفُون tayfūn

UK/taɪˈfuːn//taɪˈfun/

typhoon in Arabic: تَايْفُون (tayfūn), إِعْصَار (ʔiʕṣār), طُوفَان (ṭūfān). In English, typhoon means a severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.

Arabic words for typhoon

hurricane in the Pacific
تَايْفُون tayfūn, إِعْصَار ʔiʕṣār, طُوفَان ṭūfān

English meaning of typhoon

  1. noun A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
  2. noun A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
  3. verb To swirl like a hurricane.

Full definition of typhoon

typhoon in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: cyclone (narrow sense), hurricane

Synonyms of typhoon

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Questions about typhoon in Arabic

What is the meaning of typhoon in Arabic?
Typhoon in Arabic is تَايْفُون (tayfūn), إِعْصَار (ʔiʕṣār), طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
ما معنى كلمة typhoon؟
Typhoon: تَايْفُون (tayfūn), إِعْصَار (ʔiʕṣār), طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
What does typhoon mean in English?
Typhoon means a severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.

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