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Meaning of Typhoon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

taɪˈfuːn

Definitions

A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
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.
A Hawker Typhoon, a World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.
historical

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العربية إعصار الإعصار تَايْفُون طوفان

Azərbaycanca tufan

Български тайфун

বাংলা ঘূর্ণিঝড়

བོད་སྐད མཚོ་རླུང

Bosanski tajfun tajfunski тајфун тајфунски

Català tifó

Čeština tajfun

Dansk tyfon

Deutsch Taifun

Ελληνικά τυφώνας

Esperanto tajfuno

Español tifón

فارسی طوفان

Suomi taifuuni

Français typhon

हिन्दी आंधी चक्रवात तूफ़ान

Hrvatski tajfun tajfunski тајфун тајфунски

Magyar tájfun

Հայերեն թայֆուն

Bahasa Indonesia ampilalas angin topan prahara taifun topan

Íslenska fellibylur

Italiano tifone

日本語タイフーン台台風颱颱風

ქართული ტაიფუნი

Қазақша дауыл тайфун

한국어 颱 태풍

Kurdî tîfo tûfan

Te Reo Māori huripari

Македонски тајфун

മലയാളം കൊടുങ്കാറ്റ് ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ്

Bahasa Melayu taufan

မြန်မာဘာသာ တိုင်ဖွန်း

Nederlands taifoen tyfoon

Polski tajfun

Português tufão

Română taifun

Русский тайфун

Српски tajfun tajfunski тајфун тајфунски

Svenska tyfon

தமிழ் சூறாவளி

తెలుగు తుఫాను

Тоҷикӣ тӯфон

ไทย ไต้ฝุ่น

Tagalog bagyo

Türkçe tayfun

اردو طوفان

Tiếng Việt báo bão táp

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“Near-synonyms: cyclone (narrow sense), hurricane”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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