monsoon

Pronunciation: /mɒnˈsuːn/

The English word “monsoon” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
The rains themselves.
Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
Any heavy rainstorm.

Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).

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