name
Meaning 1
A locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.
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Standard Lemma guide
hurricane
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: hŭr′ĭ-kən
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Received-Pronunciation: hŭr′ĭ-kān'
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɹɪkən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhʌɹɪkɛjn/
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General-American: hŭr′ĭ-kān' without the hurry–furry merger
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General-American: /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ without the hurry–furry merger
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hûr′ǐ-kān' General American, Canada, hurry–furry merger
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/ˈhɝɪkeɪn/ General American, Canada, hurry–furry merger
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Northern-England: /ˈhʊɹɪkeɪn/
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Scotland: /ˈhʌɾɪken/
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Wales: /ˈhʌɾɪkeːn/ without the pane–pain merger
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CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 AH0 K EY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH AH1 R AH0 K EY2 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baldwin County, Alabama.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crooked Creek Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington County, Utah.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Putnam County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 10
A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane.
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noun
Meaning 11
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone
- Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
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Synonyms: typhoon, cyclone
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Broader terms: tropical cyclone, cyclone, storm
noun
Meaning 12
A great forceful onrush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 13
A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cocktails
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noun
Meaning 14
"full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerial-freestyle, hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, sports
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noun
Meaning 15
A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.
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Usage: historical
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verb
Meaning 16
To be violent, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater, usually accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder.
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Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 17
To move noisily, quickly, and dramatically, becoming the center of attention.
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verb
Meaning 18
To attempt to accomplish a great deal with a frenzied effort.
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verb
Meaning 19
To swirl quickly and violently.
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verb
Meaning 20
To tear apart in a violent, destructive, and/or chaotic manner.
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verb
Meaning 21
To cause an uproar.
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verb
Meaning 22
To storm excessivly; to fume and rage violently.
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verb
Meaning 23
To chase violently or rush after and force along.
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noun
Meaning 24
a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cyclone
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.
Coined by Jeret Peterson.
Across languages
Translations
194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: orkaan — weather phenomenon
- Albanian: stuhi — weather phenomenon
- Amharic: ዐዉሎ ነፉስ (ʿäwulo näfus) — weather phenomenon
- Arabic: زَوْبَعَة شَدِيدَة (zawbaʕa šadīda) — weather phenomenon
- Arabic: إِعْصَار (ʔiʕṣār) — weather phenomenon
- Aragonese: huracán — weather phenomenon
- Armenian: փոթորիկ (pʻotʻorik) — weather phenomenon
- Armenian: մրրիկ (mrrik) — weather phenomenon
- Armenian: հողմ (hoġm) — weather phenomenon
- Asturian: furacán — weather phenomenon
- Azerbaijani: burağan — weather phenomenon
- Azerbaijani: qasırğa — weather phenomenon
- Basque: urakan — weather phenomenon
- Belarusian: урага́н (urahán) — weather phenomenon
- Belizean Creole: harikayn — weather phenomenon
- Belizean Creole: horikayn — weather phenomenon
- Central Bikol: bagyo — weather phenomenon
- Bislama: bigwin — weather phenomenon
- Breton: korventenn — weather phenomenon
- Breton: avel diroll — weather phenomenon
- Bulgarian: урага́н (uragán) — weather phenomenon
- Burmese: လေမုန်တိုင်း (lemuntuing:) — weather phenomenon
- Catalan: huracà — weather phenomenon
- Cebuano: bagyo — weather phenomenon
- Chinese Mandarin: 颶風 /飓风 (jùfēng) — weather phenomenon
- Chuvash: ҫил-тӑвӑл (śil-t̬ăvăl) — weather phenomenon
- Corsican: uraganu — weather phenomenon
- Czech: hurikán — weather phenomenon
- Czech: uragán — weather phenomenon
- Danish: orkan — weather phenomenon
- Dutch: orkaan — weather phenomenon
- Esperanto: uragano — weather phenomenon
- Estonian: orkaan — weather phenomenon
- Faroese: ódn — weather phenomenon
- Finnish: hurrikaani — weather phenomenon
- Finnish: hirmumyrsky — weather phenomenon
- French: ouragan — weather phenomenon
- Saterland Frisian: Orkoan — weather phenomenon
- West-Frisian: orkaan — weather phenomenon
- Friulian: rogan — weather phenomenon
- Galician: furacán — weather phenomenon
- Galician: furricán — weather phenomenon
- Georgian: ქარიშხალი (karišxali) — weather phenomenon
- Georgian: ურაგანი (uragani) — weather phenomenon
- German: Hurrikan — weather phenomenon
- German: Orkan — weather phenomenon
- German: Hurrikane — weather phenomenon
- Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος (anemostróvilos) — weather phenomenon
- Greek: κυκλώνας (kyklónas) — weather phenomenon
- Greek: τυφώνας (tyfónas) — weather phenomenon
- Ancient Greek: τυφώς (tuphṓs) — weather phenomenon
- Ancient Greek: τυφῶν (tuphôn) — weather phenomenon
- Ancient Greek: πρηστήρ (prēstḗr) — weather phenomenon
- Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq — weather phenomenon
- Hawaiian: makani pāhili — weather phenomenon
- Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān) — weather phenomenon
- Hindi: चक्रवात (cakravāt) — weather phenomenon
- Hungarian: hurrikán — weather phenomenon
- Icelandic: fellibylur — weather phenomenon
- Ido: uragano — weather phenomenon
- Ilocano: bagio — weather phenomenon
- Indonesian: hurikan — weather phenomenon
- Interlingua: huracan — weather phenomenon
- Irish: hairicín — weather phenomenon
- Irish: spéirling — weather phenomenon
- Italian: uragano — weather phenomenon
- Japanese: 暴風 (bōfū) — weather phenomenon
- Japanese: 暴風雨 (bōfū-u) — weather phenomenon
- Japanese: ハリケーン (harikēn) — weather phenomenon
- Javanese: hurikan — weather phenomenon
- Kannada: ಚಂಡಮಾರುತ (caṇḍamāruta) — weather phenomenon
- Khasi: eriong — weather phenomenon
- Khmer: ខ្យល់ព្យុះ (kyɑl pyuh) — weather phenomenon
- Korean: 허리케인 (heorikein) — weather phenomenon
- Korean: 폭풍 (pokpung) — weather phenomenon
- Korean: 폭풍우 (pokpung'u) — weather phenomenon
- Korean: 하리켄 (hariken) — weather phenomenon
- Lao: ພາຍຸ (ph) — weather phenomenon
- Lao: ສລາຕັນ (sa lā tan) — weather phenomenon
- Lao: ເພັດຊະຫຶງ (phet sa hưng) — weather phenomenon
- Latin: huracanum — weather phenomenon
- Latvian: orkāns — weather phenomenon
- Latvian: viesuļvētra — weather phenomenon
- Lithuanian: uraganas — weather phenomenon
- Macedonian: оркан (orkan) — weather phenomenon
- Macedonian: ураган (uragan) — weather phenomenon
- Malay: hurikan — weather phenomenon
- Malayalam: ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ് (cuḻalikkāṟṟŭ) — weather phenomenon
- Manx: gaal-baarnee — weather phenomenon
- Manx: gaardey — weather phenomenon
- Manx: geay vooar — weather phenomenon
- Māori: āwhā — weather phenomenon
- Māori: haumātakataka — weather phenomenon
- Māori: huripari — weather phenomenon
- Mongolian: далайн шуурга (dalajn šuurga) — weather phenomenon
- Mongolian: догшин шуурга (dogšin šuurga) — weather phenomenon
- Navajo: tónteeldę́ę́ʼ níyoltsoh — weather phenomenon
- Northern Sotho: ledimo — weather phenomenon
- Northern Sotho: sedukaduka — weather phenomenon
- Norwegian Bokmål: orkan — weather phenomenon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orkan — weather phenomenon
- Occitan: auristre — weather phenomenon
- Piedmontese: uragan — weather phenomenon
- Polish: huragan — weather phenomenon
- Portuguese: furacão — weather phenomenon
- Punjabi: ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨ (tūfān) — weather phenomenon
- Romanian: uragan — weather phenomenon
- Romansh: hurican — weather phenomenon
- Russian: урага́н (uragán) — weather phenomenon
- Samoan: afā — weather phenomenon
- Sardinian: araganu — weather phenomenon
- Scottish Gaelic: doineann — weather phenomenon
- Scottish Gaelic: saighnean — weather phenomenon
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀рка̄н — weather phenomenon
- Serbo-Croatian: у̏рага̄н — weather phenomenon
- Serbo-Croatian: òrkān — weather phenomenon
- Serbo-Croatian: ȕragān — weather phenomenon
- Sicilian: uraganu — weather phenomenon
- Slovak: orkán — weather phenomenon
- Slovene: hurikán — weather phenomenon
- Slovene: orkan — weather phenomenon
- Lower Sorbian: hurrikan — weather phenomenon
- Upper Sorbian: hurrikan — weather phenomenon
- Sotho: sefefo — weather phenomenon
- Spanish: huracán — weather phenomenon
- Swahili: kimbunga — weather phenomenon
- Swedish: orkan — weather phenomenon
- Tagalog: bagyo — weather phenomenon
- Tamil: புயல் (puyal) — weather phenomenon
- Tetum: anin-fuik — weather phenomenon
- Thai: เฮอริเคน (həə-rí-keen) — weather phenomenon
- Tigrinya: ሃቦብላ (habobla) — weather phenomenon
- Tongan: afā — weather phenomenon
- Turkish: kasırga — weather phenomenon
- Turkish: urağan — weather phenomenon
- Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán) — weather phenomenon
- Unami: kaoxën — weather phenomenon
- Venetan: uragan — weather phenomenon
- Venetan: ragan — weather phenomenon
- Vietnamese: bão — weather phenomenon
- Vietnamese: bão táp — weather phenomenon
- Vietnamese: bão tố — weather phenomenon
- Volapük: letep — weather phenomenon
- Võro: hurrikaan — weather phenomenon
- Waray-Waray: bagyo — weather phenomenon
- Welsh: gyrwynt — weather phenomenon
- Welsh: corwynt — weather phenomenon
- Welsh: corwyntoedd — weather phenomenon
- Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan) — weather phenomenon
- Afrikaans: orkaan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Azerbaijani: fırtına — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Basque: urakan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Breton: korventenn — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Breton: avel diroll — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Bulgarian: урага́н (uragán) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Catalan: huracà — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Czech: orkán — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Danish: orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Dutch: orkaan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Esperanto: uragano — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Estonian: orkaan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Faroese: ódn — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Finnish: hirmumyrsky — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- French: ouragan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- German: Orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Greek: τυφώνας (tyfónas) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Hindi: चक्रवात (cakravāt) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Hungarian: orkán — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Icelandic: fárviðri — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Indonesian: hurikan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Irish: spéirling — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Italian: uragano — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Japanese: 大暴風 (dai-bōfū) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Lithuanian: uraganas — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Macedonian: ураган (uragan) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Macedonian: оркан (orkan) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Norwegian Bokmål: orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Polish: huragan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Portuguese: furacão — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Romanian: uragan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Russian: урага́н (uragán) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀рка̄н — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Serbo-Croatian: у̏рага̄н — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Serbo-Croatian: òrkān — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Serbo-Croatian: ȕragān — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Slovak: orkán — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Slovene: orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Spanish: huracán — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Swahili: kimbunga — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Swedish: orkan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Turkish: kasırga — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán) — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
- West Flemish: orkoan — meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
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