monsoon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɒnˈsuːn/
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• General-American: /mɑnˈsuːn/
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• India: /ˈmɔːn.suːn/
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• India: /ˈmɑːn.suːn/ father-bother merger
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA0 N S UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رِيَاح مَوْسِمِيَّة (riyāḥ mawsimiyya) — wind
• Armenian: մուսսոն (musson) — wind
• Bulgarian: мусон (muson) — wind
• Catalan: monsó — wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 季風 /季风 (jìfēng) — wind
• Czech: monzun — wind
• Dutch: moesson — wind
• Estonian: mussoon — wind
• Finnish: monsuuni — wind
• Finnish: monsuunituuli — wind
• French: mousson — wind
• Georgian: მუსონი (musoni) — wind
• German: Monsun — wind
• German: Monsunwind — wind
• Hindi: मानसून (mānsūn) — wind
• Hungarian: monszun — wind
• Japanese: モンスーン (monsūn) — wind
• Korean: 몬순 (monsun) — wind
• Lithuanian: musonas — wind
• Norwegian Bokmål: monsun — wind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: monsun — wind
• Polish: monsun — wind
• Portuguese: monção — wind
• Romanian: muson — wind
• Russian: муссо́н (mussón) — wind
• Spanish: monzón — wind
• Swedish: monsun — wind
• Tagalog: balaklaot — wind
• Tamil: பருவக்காற்று (paruvakkāṟṟu) — wind
• Turkish: muson — wind
• Vietnamese: gió mùa — wind
• Assamese: মৌচুমী (mousumi) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Bulgarian: мусон (muson) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Catalan: monsó — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Chinese Mandarin: 雨季 (yǔjì) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Czech: monzun — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Dutch: moesson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Esperanto: musono — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Finnish: sadekausi — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• French: mousson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Georgian: მუსონების სეზონი (musonebis sezoni) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Georgian: მუსონი (musoni) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• German: Monsun — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• German: Monsunzeit — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Gujarati: ચોમાસું (comāsũ) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Hiligaynon: tingúlan — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Hindi: मानसून (mānsūn) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Hindi: चौमासा (caumāsā) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Hungarian: monszun — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Iban: lamias — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Ilocano: nepnep — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Indonesian: muson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Interlingua: monson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Irish: monsún — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Korean: 장마 (jangma) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Marathi: पावसाळा (pāvsāḷā) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Persian: مونسون (monsun) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Persian: بارسات (bârsât) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Polish: monsun — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Portuguese: monção — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Punjabi: ਮੌਨਸੂਨ (maunsūn) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Romanian: muson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Russian: муссо́н (mussón) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Santali: ᱡᱟᱹᱯᱩᱫ ᱨᱤᱛᱩ (jăput’ ritu) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Sindhi: चौमासो (caumāsō) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Swedish: monsunperiod — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Tagalog: balaklaot — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Tagalog: musim — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Tamil: பருவப்பெயர்ச்சிக் காற்று (paruvappeyarccik kāṟṟu) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Tamil: பருவமழை (paruvamaḻai) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Telugu: ఋతుపవనాలు (r̥tupavanālu) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Telugu: వర్షాకాలము (varṣākālamu) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Turkish: muson — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Ukrainian: мусон (muson) — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Vietnamese: mùa mưa — tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season
• Arabic: الأمْطَار المَوْسِمِيَّة — rain
• Finnish: monsuunisade — rain
• French: mousson — rain
• German: Monsunregen — rain
• Hungarian: monszun — rain
• Portuguese: monção — rain
• Tamil: பருவமழை (paruvamaḻai) — rain
• Turkish: muson yağmuru — rain
• Czech: monzun — meteorological system
• Finnish: monsuuni-ilmasto — meteorological system
• French: mousson — meteorological system
• German: Monsun — meteorological system
• Hungarian: monszun — meteorological system
• Portuguese: monção — meteorological system
• Punjabi: ਮੌਨਸੂਨ (maunsūn) — meteorological system
• Turkish: muson — meteorological system