typhon

See also: Typhon

English

Etymology

Perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”); see typhoon.

Noun

typhon (plural typhons)

1. (obsolete) A violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
   • Thomson

     The circling typhon whirled from point to point.

Anagrams

• Python, phyton, python

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

typhon m (plural typhons)

1. tropical cyclone, typhoon (hurricane in the Pacific)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• python, Python