tsunami

English

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Etymology

Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tso͞o-nä'mi, so͞o-nä'mi, IPA: /tsuːˈnɑːmi/, /suːˈnɑːmi/, SAMPA: /tsu:nA:mi/, /su:nA:mi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

tsunami (plural tsunamis or tsunami)

1. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Alternative forms

• sunami (nonstandard)

Synonyms

• tidal wave (usage conflict)

Derived terms

• megatsunami
• teletsunami

Translations

large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean

Aneityum: najap̃ajap̃ Arabic: تْسُونَامِي (ar) (tsunaami) m. Armenian: ցունամի (hy) (c’unami) Azeri: sunami (az) Basque: tsunami (eu) Belarusian: цунамі (be) (cunámi) f. Bosnian: cunami (bs) m. Bulgarian: цунами (bg) (cunámi) n. Catalan: tsunami m. Chinese: Mandarin: 海嘯 (cmn), 海啸 (cmn) (hǎixiào) Croatian: cunami (hr) m. Czech: tsunami f. (indeclinable) Danish: flodbølge (da) Dutch: tsunami (nl) m., vloedgolf (nl) m. Esperanto: cunamo (eo) Estonian: tsunami (et) Finnish: hyökyaalto (fi), tsunami (fi) French: tsunami (fr) m. German: Tsunami (de) m. Greek: τσουνάμι (el) (tsounámi) n. Hebrew: צוּנַמי (he) (tsunami) m. Hindi: सूनामी (hi) (sūnāmī) Hungarian: cunami (hu), szökőár (hu) Indonesian: tsunami (id) Italian: tsunami m. (invariable), maremoto m. Japanese: 津波 (ja) (つなみ, tsunamí), 津浪 (ja) (つなみ, tsunamí)

Korean: 지진 해일 (ko) (jijin haeil) (地震海溢 (ko)), 쓰나미 (ko) (sseunami) Kurdish: tsunamî (ku) f. Latvian: cunami (lv) Lithuanian: cunamis m. Macedonian: цунами (mk) (cunámi) n. Maori: parawhenua Navajo: tó nitéél nitságoʼ atságáá Norwegian: Nynorsk: flodbølgje Bokmål: tsunami Persian: آبْلَرْزه (fa) (âb-larze), سونامی (fa) (sunâmi) Polish: tsunami (pl) n. Portuguese: tsunami (pt) m. Romanian: tsunami (ro) m. Russian: цунами (ru) (cunámi) n. (indeclinable) Serbian: Cyrillic: цунами m. Roman: cunami m. Spanish: tsunami (es) m., maremoto (es) m. Swahili: tsunami (sw) Swedish: tsunami (sv) c., flodvåg (sv) c. Thai: คลื่นสึนามิ (th) (khleùùn sèunaamī), คลื่นยักษ์ (th) (khleùùn yāk) Turkish: tsunami (tr) Ukrainian: цунамі (uk) (cunámi) f. Vietnamese: sóng thần (vi) Welsh: tsunami (cy)

See also

• earthquake
• flood
• natural disaster
• seaquake
• seiche
• tidal wave
• waterquake

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Czech

Noun

tsunami f.

1. tsunami

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Dutch

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Etymology

From Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsunami/, SAMPA: /tsunami/

Noun

tsunami m. (plural tsunami's, diminutive tsunamietje)

1. tsunami

Hypernyms

• vloedgolf

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Finnish

Noun

tsunami

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of tsunami (type risti) singular plural nominative tsunami tsunamit genitive tsunamin tsunamien partitive tsunamia tsunameja accusative tsunami tsunamin tsunamit 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

Anagrams

• minusta, muistan

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French

Etymology

From Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsy.na.mi/, SAMPA: /tsy.na.mi/

• Audio (FR)

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Noun

tsunami m. (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

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Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

tsunami f. inv.

1. tsunami

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Japanese

Etymology

Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsuˈna̠.mi], [suˈna̠.mi]

Noun

tsunami (hiragana つなみ)

1. 津波: tsunami, tidal wave

Synonyms

• maremoto

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t͡s̪s̪ũn̪ãmʲi]

Noun

tsunami n. (indeclinable)

1. tsunami

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Spanish

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Etymology

From English tsunami, from Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /(t)suˈna̠mi/

Noun

tsunami m. (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

See also

• marejada
• maremoto

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsʉːˈnɑːmɪ/, /tsɵˈnɑːmɪ/

Noun

tsunami c.

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of tsunami

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tsunami	tsunamin	tsunamier	tsunamierna
genitive	tsunamis	tsunamins	tsunamiers	tsunamiernas