tsunami

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: so͞o-nä'mi t
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• Canada: /(t)suˈnæmi/
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• Canada: /(t)suˈnɑmi/
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• Philippines: /t͡ʃʊˈnami/
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• rhymes with -ɑːmi
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• CMU ARPABET: T S UW0 N AA1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S UW0 N AA1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: ië beuna — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Acehnese: alôn buluëk — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Albanian: cunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Aneityum: najap̃ajap̃ — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Arabic: تْسُونَامِي (tsunāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Arabic: تسونامي (tsūnāmi, tsunāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ (ṣunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Armenian: ցունամի (cʻunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Azerbaijani: sunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Basque: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Dairi Batak: gloro — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Dairi Batak: galoro — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Belarusian: цуна́мі (cunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Bengali: সুনামি (śunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Central Bikol: dulnop — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Bulgarian: цуна́ми (cunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Burmese: ဆူနာမီ (hcunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Catalan: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Chinese Cantonese: 海嘯 /海啸 (hoi2 siu3) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Chinese: 海漲 /海涨 (hái-tiòng) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Chinese: chu-ná-mih — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Chinese Mandarin: 海嘯 /海啸 (hǎixiào) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Czech: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Danish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Danish: flodbølge — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Dutch: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Dutch: vloedgolf — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Ende: ae mesi nuka tana lala — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Esperanto: cunamo — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Estonian: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Finnish: hyökyaalto — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Finnish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• French: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• French: raz-de-marée — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• West-Frisian: tsûnamy — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Georgian: ცუნამი (cunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• German: Tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Greek: τσουνάμι (tsounámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hausa: tsùnāmī̀ — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hebrew: צוּנַמי (tsunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hindi: सूनामी (sūnāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hindi: सुनामी (sunāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hungarian: cunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Hungarian: szökőár — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Icelandic: flóðbylgja — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Ido: cunamio — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Ido: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Indonesian: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Indonesian: semong — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Irish: súnámaí — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Italian: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Italian: maremoto — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Japanese: 津波 (tsunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Japanese: 津浪 (tsunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Japanese: 海嘯 (kaishō) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Kannada: ಸುನಾಮಿ (sunāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Kazakh: цунами (sunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Khmer: ស៊ូណាមិ (suunaamiʼ) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Korean: 지진해일 (jijinhaeil) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Korean: 쓰나미 (sseunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Korean: 해일 (haeil) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Northern Kurdish: tsunamî — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Kyrgyz: цунами (tsunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Lao: ຊູນາມິ (sū nā mi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Latin: maris mōtus — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Latvian: cunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Lithuanian: cunamis — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Macedonian: цуна́ми (cunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Malay: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Malay: semong — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Māori: parawhenua — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Māori: tai āniwhaniwha — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Marathi: त्सुनामी (tsunāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Marathi: सुनामी (sunāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Mongolian: цунами (cunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Mongolian: ᠼᠦᠨᠠᠮᠢ (cünami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Navajo: tó nitéél nitságo atságáá — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Nias: oloro — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Nias: galoro — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Norwegian Bokmål: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flodbølgje — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Odia: ସୁନାମି (sunāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Persian: آبْلَرْزه (âb-larze) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Persian: سونامی (sunâmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Polish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Portuguese: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Portuguese: maremoto — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Punjabi: ਸੁਨਾਮੀ (sunāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Romanian: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Russian: цуна́ми (cunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Scottish Gaelic: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Scottish Gaelic: tonn-tuile — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Scottish Gaelic: tonn-taomaidh — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Serbo-Croatian: veleval — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Serbo-Croatian: цуна́ми — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Serbo-Croatian: cunámi — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Sikule: among — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Sikule: emong — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Simeulue: smong — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Sinhalese: සුනාමි (sunāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Slovak: cunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Slovak: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Spanish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Spanish: maremoto — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Swahili: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Swedish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Swedish: flodvåg — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tagalog: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tajik: тсунами (tsunam-i) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tajik: сунами (sunam-i) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tamil: ஆழிப்பேரலை (āḻippēralai) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tamil: கடற்கோள் (kaṭaṟkōḷ) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tamil: சுனாமி (cuṉāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Tatar: цунами (tsunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Telugu: సునామి (sunāmi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Thai: สึนามิ (sʉ̀-naa-mí) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Thai: คลื่นยักษ์ (klʉ̂ʉn-yák) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Turkish: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Turkish: dev dalga — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Turkish: liman dalgası — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Turkmen: sunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Ukrainian: цуна́мі (cunámi) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Urdu: سونامی (sūnāmī) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Uyghur: دېڭىز شاۋقۇنى (dë'ngiz shawquni) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Uzbek: sunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Uzbek: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Vietnamese: sóng thần — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Welsh: tsunami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Welsh: tswnami — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Yiddish: צונאַמי (tsunami) — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
• Zhuang: haijsiu — large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean