megatsunami

See also: mégatsunami

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Hellenic *mégas

Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.

English mega-

English tsunami

English megatsunami

From mega- + tsunami.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mega-tso͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡətsuːˈnɑːmi/
• enPR: mega-so͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡəsuːˈnɑːmi/

Noun

megatsunami (plural megatsunamis or megatsunami)

2. (oceanography) An extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly.
3. (loosely) A very large tsunami.

Related terms

• ice tsunami
• meteotsunami
• teletsunami
• tsunami

Translations

extremely large wave caused by an avalanche or landslide

• Bulgarian: мегацуна́ми n (megacunámi)
• Catalan: megatsunami m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大海嘯 / 大海啸

  Mandarin: 大海嘯 / 大海啸 (dàhǎixiào)

• Finnish: megatsunami
• French: mégatsunami (fr) m
• Georgian: მეგაცუნამი (megacunami)
• German: Megatsunami m
• Hungarian: megacunami
• Italian: megatsunami m
• Japanese: 大津波 (ja) (おおつなみ, ōtsunami)
• Polish: megatsunami n
• Portuguese: megatsunami m
• Russian: мегацуна́ми (ru) n (megacunámi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мегацунами m

  Latin: megacunami m

• Spanish: megatsunami m

See also

• earthquake
• flood
• natural disaster
• seaquake
• seiche
• teletsunami
• tidal wave
• tsunami

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ̃.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ̃.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ.mi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi]

Noun

megatsunami m (plural megatsunamis)

1. (oceanography) megatsunami (an extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly)