tsunami
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/; enPR: (t)so͞o-nä'mi
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /(t)suˈnɑmi/; enPR: (t)so͞o-nä'mi;
- (Canada) IPA(key): /(t)suˈnæmi/, /(t)suˈnɑmi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmi
Noun[edit]
tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis)
- A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train.
- (figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge.
- 2009, John Bernard Kelly, An Accidental Atheist: A Memoir, Aquinine books, →ISBN, page 306:
- It seemed that what started out as a handful of isolated cases gradually turned into a tsunami of complaints.
- 2009, Marc Eliot, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Crown Archetype, →ISBN, page 86:
- It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it.
- 2012, Demetra M. Pappas, The Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicide Debate, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 60:
- The next decade would culminate in a tsunami of legislation, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions in which assisted suicide was both criminalized (as in Michigan) and decriminalized (as in Oregon).
- 2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:
- The editor paid a heavy price - he was subsequently compelled to offer a grovelling and humiliating personal apology, following a tsunami of protest.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tsunami.
Alternative forms[edit]
- sunami (nonstandard)
Synonyms[edit]
- seismic sea wave
- tidal wave (usage conflict)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
tsunami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
tsunami on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
tsunami on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tsunami, borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami f (indeclinable)
Further reading[edit]
- tsunami in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami
Declension[edit]
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tsunami | tsunamien | tsunamier | tsunamierne |
genitive | tsunamis | tsunamiens | tsunamiers | tsunamiernes |
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunami's, diminutive tsunamietje n)
Hypernyms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tsunami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | tsunami | tsunamit | ||
genitive | tsunamin | tsunamien | ||
partitive | tsunamia | tsunameja | ||
illative | tsunamiin | tsunameihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tsunami | tsunamit | ||
accusative | nom. | tsunami | tsunamit | |
gen. | tsunamin | |||
genitive | tsunamin | tsunamien | ||
partitive | tsunamia | tsunameja | ||
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 | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami, “harbour wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunamis)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tsunami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 津波 (tsunami, “tsunami, tidal wave, tidal bore”), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami (first-person possessive tsunamiku, second-person possessive tsunamimu, third-person possessive tsunaminya)
- tsunami: a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train.
- Synonym: semong
Further reading[edit]
- “tsunami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (invariable)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
tsunami
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami (Jawi spelling تسونامي, plural tsunami-tsunami, informal 1st possessive tsunamiku, 2nd possessive tsunamimu, 3rd possessive tsunaminya)
Further reading[edit]
- “tsunami” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (definite singular tsunamien, indefinite plural tsunamier, definite plural tsunamiene)
- a tsunami
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (definite singular tsunamien, indefinite plural tsunamiar, definite plural tsunamiane)
- a tsunami
References[edit]
- “tsunami” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami n (indeclinable)
Further reading[edit]
- tsunami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tsunami in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese, 津波 (tsunami).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunamis)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami, “harbour wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami m (plural tsunamis)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tsunami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 (tsunami).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
tsunami (n class, plural tsunami)
- tsunami (very large and destructive wave)
- 2023 February 7, “Haya ndio matetemeko matano makubwa zaidi kuwahi kutokea duniani”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
- Tsunami iliyofuatia tetemeko la ardhi iliathiri nchi 14 za Asia Kusini na Afrika Mashariki.
- The tsunami that followed the earthquake affected 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa.
- tsunami (large and generally unstoppable surge)
- 2021 December 24, “Habari njema na mbaya kuhusu Omicron zina maana gani kwetu?”, in BBC News Swahili[2]:
- Dunia imepigwa na tsunami ya Omicron.
- The world is hit by an Omicron tsunami.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami c
Declension[edit]
Declension of tsunami | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tsunami | tsunamin | tsunamier | tsunamierna |
Genitive | tsunamis | tsunamins | tsunamiers | tsunamiernas |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- tsunami in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tsunami in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tsunami in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami
Further reading[edit]
- “tsunami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tsunami (definite accusative tsunamiyi, plural tsunamiler)
- a tsunami; a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
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- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːmi
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmi/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
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- ceb:Oceanography
- Czech terms derived from Japanese
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- Dutch terms derived from Japanese
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- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/unɑmi
- Rhymes:Finnish/unɑmi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- French terms derived from Japanese
- French 3-syllable words
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Japanese
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- nb:Oceanography
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Japanese
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- nn:Oceanography
- Polish terms borrowed from Japanese
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- Rhymes:Polish/ami
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- pl:Japan
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ami
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- Spanish lemmas
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- tl:Oceanography
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