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monsoon

/mɒnˈsuːn/mon-SOON
/mɑnˈsun/mahn-SOON

Meaningseason, fitting time

Common meaning: a seasonal wind and rain

Journey through time

  1. Arabicmawsim‘a time, a season’source
  2. Malaymusim‘a season, monsoon, year’source
  3. Italianmonsonesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa time, a season → a seasonal wind and rainmonsoon‘a seasonal wind and rain’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Arabic mawsim ‘season, fitting time’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MONSOON, p. 376 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • mawsim Arabic “season, fitting time”

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