tsunami
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sunami (nonstandard)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Japanese 津波, from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi; IPA(key): /suːˈnɑːmi/, /tsuːˈnɑːmi/
- (General American) enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi; IPA(key): /suˈnɑmi/, /tsuˈnɑmi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmi
Noun[edit]
tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis)
- A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
- (figuratively) A large and generally unstoppable surge.
- 2009, John Bernard Kelly, An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books (ISBN 9780980709711), page 306
- It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.
- 2009, Marc Eliot, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Crown Archetype (ISBN 9780307462497), page 86
- It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.
- 2012, Demetra M. Pappas, The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate, ABC-CLIO (ISBN 9780313341878), page 60
- The next decade would culminate in a tsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).
- 2009, John Bernard Kelly, An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books (ISBN 9780980709711), page 306
Quotations[edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tsunami.
Synonyms[edit]
- seismic sea wave
- tidal wave (usage conflict)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- tsunami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- tsunami on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
- tsunami on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese.
Noun[edit]
tsunami f
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunami's, diminutive tsunamietje n)
Hypernyms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese.
Noun[edit]
tsunami
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tsunami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tsunami | tsunamit | |
genitive | tsunamin | tsunamien | |
partitive | tsunamia | tsunameja | |
illative | tsunamiin | tsunameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tsunami | tsunamit | |
accusative | nom. | tsunami | tsunamit |
gen. | tsunamin | ||
genitive | tsunamin | tsunamien | |
partitive | tsunamia | tsunameja | |
inessive | tsunamissa | tsunameissa | |
elative | tsunamista | tsunameista | |
illative | tsunamiin | tsunameihin | |
adessive | tsunamilla | tsunameilla | |
ablative | tsunamilta | tsunameilta | |
allative | tsunamille | tsunameille | |
essive | tsunamina | tsunameina | |
translative | tsunamiksi | tsunameiksi | |
instructive | — | tsunamein | |
abessive | tsunamitta | tsunameitta | |
comitative | — | tsunameineen |
Compounds[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami, “harbour wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunamis)
External links[edit]
- “tsunami” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami f (invariable)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
tsunami
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami n (indeclinable)
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tsunâmi (rare)
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (“seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi/, /t͡ʃi.su.ˈnɐ.mi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi/
- Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi
Noun[edit]
tsunami m or f (in variation) (plural tsunamis)
- tsunami (large, destructive wave)
Synonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami, “harbour wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunamis)
See also[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami c
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tsunami | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tsunami | tsunamin | tsunamier | tsunamierna |
Genitive | tsunamis | tsunamins | tsunamiers | tsunamiernas |
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