ouragan

French

Etymology

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Taíno *hurakābor.

Spanish huracánbor.

French ouragan

Ultimately from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”), via a Caribbean form with /-ɡ-/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃/

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• Homophone: ouragans

Noun

ouragan m (plural ouragans)

1. (weather) hurricane

Descendants

• > Saint Dominican Creole French: zouragan (inherited)
• → Norman: ouragan
• → Polish: huragan
  • → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
• → Romanian: uragan
• → Russian: урага́н (uragán)
  • → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: у̏рага̄н
  • Latin script: ȕragān
• → Slovak: uragán
• → Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán), гураґа́н (huragán) — 1928–1933 spelling
  • → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)

Norman

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno *hurakābor.

Spanish huracánbor.

French ouraganbor.

Norman ouragan

Borrowed from French ouragan.

Noun

ouragan m (plural ouragans)

1. (Jersey, weather) hurricane