Phrase guide

monsoon season

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The part of the year when the monsoon occurs, the rainy season.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 梅雨 (méiyǔ) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雨期 (yǔqī) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雨季 (yǔjì) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Finnish: monsuunikausi — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Finnish: sadekausi — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Georgian: მუსონების სეზონი (musonebis sezoni) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • German: Monsunzeit — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Gujarati: ચોમાસું (comāsũ) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Kannada: ಮಳೆಗಾಲ (maḷegāla) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Korean: 장마 (jangma) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Marathi: पावसाळा (pāvsāḷā) — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: monsuntid — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: monsuntid — part of the year when monsoons occur
  • Swedish: monsunperiod — part of the year when monsoons occur