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simoom

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation, US: sĭmo͞omʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /sɪˈmuːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: simoon, samiel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air

History

Etymology

From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَمُوم (samūm) — hot, dry wind
  • Armenian: սամում (samum) — hot, dry wind
  • Azerbaijani: səmum — hot, dry wind
  • Belarusian: саму́м (samúm) — hot, dry wind
  • Bulgarian: саму́м (samúm) — hot, dry wind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西蒙風 /西蒙风 (xīméngfēng) — hot, dry wind
  • Dutch: samoem — hot, dry wind
  • Esperanto: samumo — hot, dry wind
  • Esperanto: simuno — hot, dry wind
  • Estonian: samuum — hot, dry wind
  • Finnish: samum — hot, dry wind
  • French: simoun — hot, dry wind
  • Georgian: სამუმი (samumi) — hot, dry wind
  • German: Samum — hot, dry wind
  • Greek: σιμούν (simoún) — hot, dry wind
  • Hindi: समूम (samūm) — hot, dry wind
  • Hungarian: számum — hot, dry wind
  • Italian: simun — hot, dry wind
  • Japanese: シムーン (shimūn) — hot, dry wind
  • Malay: samum — hot, dry wind
  • Marathi: समूम (samūm) — hot, dry wind
  • Persian: سموم (samum) — hot, dry wind
  • Polish: samum — hot, dry wind
  • Portuguese: simum — hot, dry wind
  • Russian: саму́м (samúm) — hot, dry wind
  • Slovene: samum — hot, dry wind
  • Spanish: simún — hot, dry wind
  • Swedish: samum — hot, dry wind
  • Tajik: самум (samum) — hot, dry wind
  • Ukrainian: саму́м (samúm) — hot, dry wind
  • Urdu: سَمُوم (samūm) — hot, dry wind
  • Uzbek: samum — hot, dry wind
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