Image:Typhoon Talim 2005.jpg|thumb|right|A typhoon.
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/tai.�fu�n/, enPR|tīfo�onʹ
audio|en-us-typhoon.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|u�n

Etymology
From the Chinese 大風 (dai fung) meaning "large wind".

Noun
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en-noun

1. A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 118km/h or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

Translations

Chinese: 颱風, ��
Danish: tyfon
Dutch: tyfoon m, taifoen m
Finnish: taifuuni
French: typhon, ouragan m
German: Taifun m
Greek: ����να� m (tuf�nas)
Italian: tifona
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Japanese: �風 (����, taifū), 颱風 (����, taifū)
Korean: ��
Latin: typhonas
Lithuanian: taifūnas m
Russian: �ай��н m (taifun)
Spanish: tifón m
Welsh: teiffŵn

See also
cyclone
hurricane
tornado

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