tsunami

See also: Tsunami and tsunâmi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) +‎ 波 (nami, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːˈnɑːmi/, /tsuːˈnɑːmi/; enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi
• IPA^(key): /suˈnɑmi/, /tsuˈnɑmi/; enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi;
• IPA^(key): /suˈnæmi/, /suˈnɑmi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis)

1. 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.
2. (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).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tsunami.

Alternative forms

• sunami (nonstandard)

Synonyms

• seismic sea wave
• tidal wave (usage conflict)

Derived terms

• fog tsunami
• ice tsunami
• megatsunami
• meteotsunami
• teletsunami
• tsunameter
• tsunamic
• tsunamigenic
• tsunamilike
• tsunami wall

 

Translations

large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean

• Aneityum: najap̃ajap̃
• Arabic: تْسُونَامِي m (tsunāmī)
• Armenian: ցունամի (hy) (cʻunami)
• Azerbaijani: sunami
• Basque: tsunami (eu)
• Belarusian: цуна́мі f (cunámi)
• Bulgarian: цуна́ми n (cunámi)
• Catalan: tsunami m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海嘯／海啸 (hoi² siu³), 海啸 (hoi² siu³)

  Mandarin: 海嘯／海啸 (zh) (hǎixiào), 海啸 (zh) (hǎixiào)

  Min Nan: 海漲／海涨, 海涨 (hái-tiòng), chu-ná-mih

• Czech: tsunami (cs) f (indeclinable)
• Danish: tsunami (da) c, flodbølge c
• Dutch: tsunami (nl) m, vloedgolf (nl) m
• Esperanto: cunamo
• Estonian: tsunami (et)
• Finnish: hyökyaalto (fi), tsunami (fi)
• French: tsunami (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Tsunami (de) m
• Greek: τσουνάμι (el) n (tsounámi)
• Hausa: tsùnāmī̀
• Hebrew: צוּנַמי (he) m (tsunami)
• Hindi: सूनामी (sūnāmī), सुनामी (hi) f (sunāmī)
• Hungarian: cunami (hu), szökőár (hu)
• Ido: cunamio (io), tsunami (io)
• Indonesian: tsunami (id)

  Acehnese: ië beuna, alôn buluëk

  Ende: ae mesi nuka tana lala

  Nias: oloro/galoro

  Sikule: among/emong

  Simeulue: smong

  Singkil: gloro/galoro

• Irish: súnámaí m
• Italian: tsunami (it) m (invariable), maremoto (it) m
• Japanese: 津波 (ja) (つなみ, tsunami), 津浪 (ja) (つなみ, tsunami), 海嘯 (ja) (かいしょう, kaishō)
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• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 지진 해일 (jijin haeil) (地震海溢), 쓰나미 (ko) (sseunami)
• Kurdish:
• Latvian: cunami
• Lithuanian: cunamis m
• Macedonian: цуна́ми n (cunámi)
• Malay: tsunami
• Maori: parawhenua, tai āniwhaniwha
• Marathi: त्सुनामी f (tsunāmī), सुनामी f (sunāmī)
• Navajo: tó nitéél nitságo atságáá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tsunami (no) m

  Nynorsk: flodbølgje, tsunami m

• Persian: آبْلَرْزه (âb-larze), سونامی (fa) (sunâmi)
• Polish: tsunami (pl) n
• Portuguese: tsunami (pt) m, maremoto (pt) m
• Romanian: tsunami m
• Russian: цуна́ми (ru) n (cunámi)
• Scottish Gaelic: tsunami f, tonn-tuile m, tonn-taomaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian: veleval m

  Cyrillic: цунами m

  Roman: cunami (sh) m

• Slovak: cunami f or n, tsunami f or n
• Spanish: tsunami (es) m, maremoto (es) m
• Swahili: tsunami
• Swedish: tsunami (sv) c, flodvåg (sv) c
• Tamil: ஆழிப்பேரலை (ta) (āḻippēralai), சுனாமி (ta) (cuṉāmi)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: สึนามิ (th) (sʉ̀-naa-mí), คลื่นยักษ์ (khleùùn yāk)
• Turkish: tsunami (tr)
• Ukrainian: цуна́мі (uk) f (cunámi)
• Vietnamese: sóng thần (vi)
• Welsh: tsunami, tswnami f
• West Frisian: tsûnamy
• Zhuang: haijsiu

See also

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

Further reading

• tsunami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:versity
• Category:tsunami on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Mustain, Natsumi, manitus, santimu, utinams

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English tsunami, borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) +‎ 波 (nami, “wave”).

Noun

tsunami

1. 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

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Czech

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

tsunami f

1. tsunami

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波.

Noun

tsunami

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of tsunami

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tsunami	tsunamien	tsunamier	tsunamierne
genitive	tsunamis	tsunamiens	tsunamiers	tsunamiernes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Japanese 津波.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈnaːmi/

• Audio:

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Noun

tsunami m (plural tsunami's, diminutive tsunamietje n)

1. tsunami

Hypernyms

• vloedgolf

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Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

tsunami

1. tsunami

Declension

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
abessive		tsunamitta	tsunameitta
instructive		—	tsunamein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tsunami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tsunamini tsunamini accusative nom. tsunamini tsunamini gen. tsunamini genitive tsunamini tsunamieni partitive tsunamiani tsunamejani inessive tsunamissani tsunameissani elative tsunamistani tsunameistani illative tsunamiini tsunameihini adessive tsunamillani tsunameillani ablative tsunamiltani tsunameiltani allative tsunamilleni tsunameilleni essive tsunaminani tsunameinani translative tsunamikseni tsunameikseni abessive tsunamittani tsunameittani instructive — — comitative — tsunameineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tsunamisi tsunamisi accusative nom. tsunamisi tsunamisi gen. tsunamisi genitive tsunamisi tsunamiesi partitive tsunamiasi tsunamejasi inessive tsunamissasi tsunameissasi elative tsunamistasi tsunameistasi illative tsunamiisi tsunameihisi adessive tsunamillasi tsunameillasi ablative tsunamiltasi tsunameiltasi allative tsunamillesi tsunameillesi essive tsunaminasi tsunameinasi translative tsunamiksesi tsunameiksesi abessive tsunamittasi tsunameittasi instructive — — comitative — tsunameinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tsunamimme tsunamimme accusative nom. tsunamimme tsunamimme gen. tsunamimme genitive tsunamimme tsunamiemme partitive tsunamiamme tsunamejamme inessive tsunamissamme tsunameissamme elative tsunamistamme tsunameistamme illative tsunamiimme tsunameihimme adessive tsunamillamme tsunameillamme ablative tsunamiltamme tsunameiltamme allative tsunamillemme tsunameillemme essive tsunaminamme tsunameinamme translative tsunamiksemme tsunameiksemme abessive tsunamittamme tsunameittamme instructive — — comitative — tsunameinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tsunaminne tsunaminne accusative nom. tsunaminne tsunaminne gen. tsunaminne genitive tsunaminne tsunamienne partitive tsunamianne tsunamejanne inessive tsunamissanne tsunameissanne elative tsunamistanne tsunameistanne illative tsunamiinne tsunameihinne adessive tsunamillanne tsunameillanne ablative tsunamiltanne tsunameiltanne allative tsunamillenne tsunameillenne essive tsunaminanne tsunameinanne translative tsunamiksenne tsunameiksenne abessive tsunamittanne tsunameittanne instructive — — comitative — tsunameinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tsunaminsa tsunaminsa accusative nom. tsunaminsa tsunaminsa gen. tsunaminsa genitive tsunaminsa tsunamiensa partitive tsunamiaan tsunamiansa tsunamejaan tsunamejansa inessive tsunamissaan tsunamissansa tsunameissaan tsunameissansa elative tsunamistaan tsunamistansa tsunameistaan tsunameistansa illative tsunamiinsa tsunameihinsa adessive tsunamillaan tsunamillansa tsunameillaan tsunameillansa ablative tsunamiltaan tsunamiltansa tsunameiltaan tsunameiltansa allative tsunamilleen tsunamillensa tsunameilleen tsunameillensa essive tsunaminaan tsunaminansa tsunameinaan tsunameinansa translative tsunamikseen tsunamiksensa tsunameikseen tsunameiksensa abessive tsunamittaan tsunamittansa tsunameittaan tsunameittansa instructive — — comitative — tsunameineen tsunameinensa

Compounds

• tsunamiaalto
• tsunamivaara
• tsunamivaroitus

Anagrams

• minusta, muistan, mustina

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsy.na.mi/

• Audio (FR):

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Noun

tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

Further reading

• “tsunami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (つなみ, tsunami, “tsunami, tidal wave, tidal bore”), from 津 (tsu, “harbor”) +‎ 波 (nami, “wave”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

Noun

tsunami (first-person possessive tsunamiku, second-person possessive tsunamimu, third-person possessive tsunaminya)

1. 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.

Further reading

• “tsunami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

tsunami m (uncountable)

1. tsunami

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Japanese

Romanization

tsunami

1. Rōmaji transcription of つなみ

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami

Noun

tsunami m (definite singular tsunamien, indefinite plural tsunamier, definite plural tsunamiene)

1. a tsunami

References

• “tsunami” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tsunami” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami

Noun

tsunami m (definite singular tsunamien, indefinite plural tsunamiar, definite plural tsunamiane)

1. a tsunami

References

• “tsunami” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈna.mi/

Noun

tsunami n (indeclinable)

1. tsunami

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tsunâmi (rare)

Etymology

From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (“seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi], [t͡ʃi.su.ˈnɐ.mi]
• IPA^(key): /t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi/
• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

Noun

1. tsunami (large, destructive wave)

Synonyms

• maremoto

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈnami/ [t̪suˈna.mi]

Noun

tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

See also

• marejada
• maremoto

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English tsunami from Japanese 津波 (tsunami)

Noun

tsunami (n class, plural tsunami)

1. tsunami

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Swedish

Etymology

From Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsʉːˈnɑːmɪ/, /tsɵˈnɑːmɪ/

Noun

tsunami c

1. tsunami

Declension

Declension of tsunami
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tsunami	tsunamin	tsunamier	tsunamierna
Genitive	tsunamis	tsunamins	tsunamiers	tsunamiernas