tsunami

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 French 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Japanese 7.1 Noun

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Wikipedia

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

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

  Rhymes: -ɑːmi

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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.

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

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• tidal wave (usage conflict)

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• megatsunami
• teletsunami

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

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tsunami n.

1. tsunami

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[edit] Etymology

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

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• IPA: /tsunami/, SAMPA: /tsunami/

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

1. tsunami

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tsunami

1. tsunami

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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

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

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• IPA: /tsy.na.mi/, SAMPA: /tsy.na.mi/
•  Audio (FR)^{help, file}

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tsunami m. (plural tsunamis or tsunami)

1. tsunami

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Japanese

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tsunami f. inv.

1. tsunami

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tsunami (hiragana つなみ)

1. 津波: tsunami, tidal wave