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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monsoon

/mɑnˈsuːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
mon-soon
IPA
/mɑnˈsuːn/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

noun

Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

noun

The rains themselves.

noun

Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

noun

Any heavy rainstorm.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: moesson, مَوْسِم, و س م

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /mɑnˈsuːn/
  • British English: /mɒnˈsuːn/

Inflected Forms

monsoons (plural)

Derived Forms

antimonsoon intermonsoon intermonsoonal intramonsoon intramonsoonal megamonsoon monsoonal monsoonally monsoonish monsoonless monsoonlike monsoony

Phrases

east monsoon monsoon bucket monsoon forest monsoon months monsoon rainforest monsoon season northeast monsoon northwest monsoon

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon typhoon platoon

Questions

How do you pronounce monsoon?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɑnˈsuːn/.
What does monsoon mean?
Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
Where does monsoon come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce monsoon

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