Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

southwest monsoon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: south-west- -mon-soon
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of rainy weather brought by southwesterly winds affecting much of the tropics from July to September.

Inflected Forms

southwest monsoons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

northeast monsoon

Questions

What does southwest monsoon mean?: A period of rainy weather brought by southwesterly winds affecting much of the tropics from July to September.

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