monsoon
UK/mɒnˈsuːn//mɑnˈsuːn/
monsoon noun: any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
Noun
monsoon (plural monsoons)
- Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying...2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28
- The rains themselves.
- Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
- Any heavy rainstorm.
monsoon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
monsoon in Hindi
- wind
- मानसून mānsūn
- tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
- मानसून mānsūn, चौमासा caumāsā
monsoon in Tamil
- rain
- பருவமழை paruvamaḻai
- wind
- பருவக்காற்று paruvakkāṟṟu
- tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
- பருவப்பெயர்ச்சிக் காற்று paruvappeyarccik kāṟṟu, பருவமழை paruvamaḻai
monsoon in Marathi
- tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
- पावसाळा pāvsāḷā
monsoon in Urdu
- monsoon
- ساون sāvan, برسات barsāt
- monsoon, rainy season
- پاوس pāvas
More languagesFewer languages
- monsoon in Bengali
- বর্ষা borśa
- monsoon in Telugu
- ఋతుపవనాలు r̥tupavanālu, వర్షాకాలము varṣākālamu
- monsoon in Malayalam
- മൺസൂൺ
- monsoon in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ಗಾಲ, ಮಳೆಗಾಲ, ವರ್ಷಾಕಾಲ, ಮಳೆಮಾರುತ
- monsoon in Punjabi
- ਮੌਨਸੂਨ maunsūn
- monsoon in Gujarati
- ચોમાસું comāsũ
- monsoon in Odia
- ଚତୁର୍ମାସ caturmāsa
- monsoon in Assamese
- মৌচুমী mousumi
- monsoon in Nepali
- बर्खा barkhā
- monsoon in Pashto
- بشکال bašakāl
- monsoon in Tagalog
- balaklaot, musim
- monsoon in Arabic
- الأمْطَار المَوْسِمِيَّة, رِيَاح مَوْسِمِيَّة riyāḥ mawsimiyya
- monsoon in Indonesian
- muson
- monsoon in Persian
- مونسون monsun, بارسات bârsât
- monsoon in Vietnamese
- gió mùa, mùa mưa
- Sindhi
- चौमासो caumāsō
Examples of monsoon in a sentence
- We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months.
- The study area has a temperate continental monsoon climate with an average temperature of 8.9°C.
- Jinsha, located in the northeast of Kinmen Island, is subjected to powerful northeastern winds every monsoon season.
Forms of monsoon
| plural | monsoons |
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Origin of monsoon
Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).
Words formed from monsoon
- antimonsoon
- east monsoon
- intermonsoon
- intermonsoonal
- intramonsoon
- intramonsoonal
- megamonsoon
- monsoonal
- monsoonally
- monsoon bucket
- monsoon forest
- monsoonish
- monsoonless
- monsoonlike
- monsoon months
- monsoon rainforest
- monsoon season
- monsoony
- northeast monsoon
- northwest monsoon
- palaeomonsoon
- paleomonsoon
- postmonsoon
- postmonsoonal
- premonsoon
- premonsoonal
- southeast monsoon
- southwest monsoon
- west monsoon
Phrases with monsoon
Words that rhyme with monsoon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about monsoon
- What does monsoon mean?
- Monsoon means any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- What is monsoon in Hindi?
- Monsoon in Hindi is मानसून (mānsūn), चौमासा (caumāsā). See Monsoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monsoon?
- Monsoon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monsoon?
- Monsoon is pronounced /mɒnˈsuːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monsoon?
- The plural of monsoon is monsoons.
Words near monsoon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monsoon (page history and authors); برسات (Urdu) (page history and authors); বর্ষা (Bengali) (page history and authors); monsoon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monsoon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଚତୁର୍ମାସ (Odia) (page history and authors); बर्खा (Nepali) (page history and authors); بشکال (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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