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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ty•phoon /taɪˈfun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Meteorologya cyclone or hurricane of the tropical areas of the W Pacific and the China seas.
- Meteorologya violent storm of India.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ty•phoon (tī fo̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n. - Meteorologya tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.
- Meteorologya violent storm or tempest of India.
- Military(cap.)
- a single-engine British ground attack aircraft of World War II.
- NATO's name for a class of nuclear-powered Soviet ballistic missile submarine carrying 20 multiwarhead missiles.
- dialect, dialectal Chinese, akin to Chinese dàfēng great wind, altered by association with Greek tȳphôn violent wind
- 1580–90;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: typhoon /taɪˈfuːn/ n - a violent tropical storm or cyclone, esp in the China seas and W Pacific
Etymology: 16th Century: from Chinese tai fung great wind, from tai great + fung wind; influenced by Greek tuphōn whirlwindtyphonic /taɪˈfɒnɪk/ adj |