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monsoonal

/mɒnˈsuːnəl/mahn-SOO-nuhl
/mɑnˈsunəl/mahn-SOO-nuhl

Meaningrelating to the fitting season

Common meaning: relating to monsoon

Journey through time

  1. Arabicmawsim‘a time, a season’source
  2. Malaymusim‘a season, monsoon, year’source
  3. Italianmonsonesource
  4. Englishmonsoon‘a seasonal wind and rain’
  5. Englishformed in English from monsoonmonsoonal‘relating to monsoon’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to the fitting season. It can be inferred from any of: monsoon.

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: Formed in English from monsoon + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • mawsim Arabic · source word “season, fitting time”

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