huragan

Polish

huragan

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouragan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuˈra.ɡan/

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• Rhymes: -aɡan
• Syllabification: hu‧ra‧gan

Noun

huragan m inan

1. (meteorology) hurricane (wind scale for quite strong wind)

Declension

Declension of huragan

	singular	plural
nominative	huragan	huragany
genitive	huraganu	huraganów
dative	huraganowi	huraganom
accusative	huragan	huragany
instrumental	huraganem	huraganami
locative	huraganie	huraganach
vocative	huraganie	huragany

Derived terms

adjective

• huraganowy

 

Related terms

adverb

• huraganowo

 

Descendants

• → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)

Further reading

• huragan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• huragan in Polish dictionaries at PWN