tidal wave

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• tīd'əl wāv
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• /ˈtaɪdəlweɪv/
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96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Eastern Bontoc: challoyon — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Bulgarian: при́ливна вълна́ (prílivna vǎlná) — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Chinese Mandarin: 浪潮 (làngcháo) — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Czech: přílivová vlna — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Danish: flodbølge — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Dutch: vloedgolf — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Finnish: tulvavuoksi — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• French: raz-de-marée — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Hungarian: szökőár — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Ilocano: dalluyon — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Irish: muirbhrúcht — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Irish: tonn tuile — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Irish: tonn taoide — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Italian: onda di marea — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Italian: onda anomala — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Japanese: 津波 (tsunami) — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Lubuagan Kalinga: challuyon — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Southern Kalinga: challuyon — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Southern Kalinga: chakor wi tupiya — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Korean: 해일 (haeil) — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Latvian: paisuma vilnis — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Polish: fala pływowa — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Portuguese: onda de maré — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Russian: прили́вная волна́ (prilívnaja volná) — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Spanish: ola de marea — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Swedish: flodvåg — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Tagalog: daluyong — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Tagalog: pabungkal-batang — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Turkish: gelgit dalgası — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Vietnamese: thuỷ triều — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Welsh: llanwdon — large and sudden rise and fall in the tide
• Chinese Mandarin: 海啸 (hǎixiào) — tsunami
• Danish: flodbølge — tsunami
• Danish: tsunami — tsunami
• Dutch: vloedgolf — tsunami
• Dutch: tsunami — tsunami
• Finnish: tsunami — tsunami
• Finnish: hyökyaalto — tsunami
• French: tsunami — tsunami
• French: raz-de-marée — tsunami
• German: Flutwelle — tsunami
• German: Tsunami — tsunami
• Hawaiian: kai eʻe — tsunami
• Hawaiian: kai hoʻēʻe — tsunami
• Hungarian: cunami — tsunami
• Irish: súnámaí — tsunami
• Italian: maremoto — tsunami
• Italian: tsunami — tsunami
• Italian: onda anomala — tsunami
• Japanese: 津波 (tsunami) — tsunami
• Korean: 쓰나미 (sseunami) — tsunami
• Latvian: cunami — tsunami
• Norwegian: tsunami — tsunami
• Norwegian Bokmål: flodbølge — tsunami
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flodbølgje — tsunami
• Polish: tsunami — tsunami
• Portuguese: tsunami — tsunami
• Portuguese: maremoto — tsunami
• Russian: цуна́ми (cunámi) — tsunami
• Swedish: tsunami — tsunami
• Swedish: flodvåg — tsunami
• Swedish: tidvattensvåg — tsunami
• Swedish: tidvattenvåg — tsunami
• Turkish: dev dalga — tsunami
• Turkish: tsunami — tsunami
• Turkish: liman dalgası — tsunami
• Vietnamese: sóng thần — tsunami
• Danish: flodbølge — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Dutch: vloedgolf — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Finnish: tulva — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Finnish: hyöky — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Hungarian: nagy érzelmi hullám — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Hungarian: fellángolás — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Italian: marea — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Japanese: 大変動 (daihendō) — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Japanese: 大動揺 (daidōyō) — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Norwegian Bokmål: flodbølge — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flodbølgje — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Polish: tsunami — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Polish: fala — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Polish: przypływ — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Portuguese: onda — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Russian: прили́в (prilív) — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Spanish: maremoto — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Spanish: oleada — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Spanish: aluvión — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Swedish: flodvåg — figurative: sudden, powerful surge
• Dutch: golf — archaic: ocean wave
• Finnish: aalto — archaic: ocean wave
• Polish: fala oceaniczna — archaic: ocean wave
• Russian: океани́ческая волна́ (okeaníčeskaja volná) — archaic: ocean wave
• Dutch: golf — oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces
• Finnish: vuorovesiaalto — oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces
• Japanese: 潮波 (chōha) — oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces
• Norwegian: tidevannsbølge — oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces
• Polish: fala pływowa — oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces