tsunami
/(t)suːˈnɑːmi/
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tsunami noun: a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
Noun
tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis)
- A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
- A tsunami struck Japan recently.
- A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022
- A large and generally unstoppable surge.
- It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.2009, John Bernard Kelly, An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books, →ISBN, page 306
- It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.2009, Marc Eliot, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 86
tsunami meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tsunami in Hindi
- large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
- सूनामी sūnāmī, सुनामी sunāmī
tsunami in Tamil
- large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
- ஆழிப்பேரலை āḻippēralai, கடற்கோள் kaṭaṟkōḷ, சுனாமி cuṉāmi
tsunami in Marathi
- large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
- त्सुनामी tsunāmī, सुनामी sunāmī
tsunami in Urdu
- large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
- سونامی sūnāmī
More languagesFewer languages
- tsunami in Bengali
- সুনামি śunami
- tsunami in Telugu
- సునామి sunāmi
- tsunami in Malayalam
- സുനാമി
- tsunami in Kannada
- ಸುನಾಮಿ sunāmi
- tsunami in Punjabi
- ਸੁਨਾਮੀ sunāmī
- tsunami in Gujarati
- સુનામી, ત્સુનામી
- tsunami in Odia
- ସୁନାମି sunāmi
- tsunami in Sinhala
- සුනාමි sunāmi
- tsunami in Nepali
- सुनामी
- tsunami in Tagalog
- tsunami
- tsunami in Arabic
- تْسُونَامِي tsunāmī
- tsunami in Malay
- tsunami, semong
- tsunami in Indonesian
- tsunami, semong
- tsunami in Persian
- آبْلَرْزه âb-larze, سونامی sunâmi
- tsunami in Thai
- สึนามิ sʉ̀-naa-mí, คลื่นยักษ์ klʉ̂ʉn-yák
- tsunami in Vietnamese
- sóng thần
- tsunami in Myanmar
- ဆူနာမီ hcunami
Examples of tsunami in a sentence
- One indispensable and thankless Unesco task is organizing tsunami warnings systems and pushing for tsunami education on risky shores around the world.2011 November 11, Andrew C. Revkin, “Dot Connection: From Palestinian Politics to Tsunami Warnings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y....
- The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following a tsunami of protest.2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:
- But, no matter, because the event was awash with a “tsunami of love”.2025 June 21, Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd....
Synonyms of tsunami
Forms of tsunami
| plural | tsunami |
|---|---|
| plural | tsunamis |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | sunami |
Origin of tsunami
Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Words formed from tsunami
Phrases with tsunami
Words that rhyme with tsunami
Questions about tsunami
- What does tsunami mean?
- Tsunami means a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train).
- What is tsunami in Hindi?
- Tsunami in Hindi is सूनामी (sūnāmī), सुनामी (sunāmī). See Tsunami meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use tsunami in a sentence?
- One indispensable and thankless Unesco task is organizing tsunami warnings systems and pushing for tsunami education on risky shores around the world.
- What part of speech is tsunami?
- Tsunami is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tsunami?
- Tsunami is pronounced /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tsunami?
- The plural of tsunami is tsunami.
Words near tsunami in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tsunami (page history and authors); tsunami (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tsunami (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tsunami (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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