tsunami

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/; enPR: (t)so͞o-nä'mi

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /(t)suˈnɑmi/; enPR: (t)so͞o-nä'mi;
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /(t)suˈnæmi/, /(t)suˈnɑmi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːmi

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).

   • 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.

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

• sunami (nonstandard)

• seismic sea wave
• tidal wave (usage conflict)

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

• tsunami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tsunami on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
• tsunami on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Mustain, Natsumi, manitus, santimu, utinams

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

• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi
• IPA^(key): /tsuˈnami/, [t̪s̪ʊˈn̪a.mɪ]

tsunami

1. tsunami

• cunami

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sunamɪ]
• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami f

1. tsunami

• tsunami in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Borrowed from Japanese 津波.

tsunami

1. tsunami

From Japanese 津波.

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈnaːmi/

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

1. tsunami

• vloedgolf

From Japanese 津波.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsunɑmi/, [ˈts̠unɑmi]
• Rhymes: -unɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami

1. tsunami

• tsunamiaalto
• tsunamivaara
• tsunamivaroitus

• minusta, mitsuna, muistan, mustina

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

• IPA^(key): /tsu.na.mi/, /tsy.na.mi/

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tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

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

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

• IPA^(key): /su.na.mi/, /tsu.na.mi/
• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

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

1. 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

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

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

tsunami m (invariable)

1. tsunami

tsunami

1. Rōmaji transcription of つなみ

From Japanese 津波.

• IPA^(key): /sunami/, /tsunami/

tsunami (Jawi spelling تسونامي‎, plural tsunami-tsunami, informal 1st possessive tsunamiku, 2nd possessive tsunamimu, 3rd possessive tsunaminya)

1. tsunami.

• “tsunami” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.

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

1. a tsunami

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

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.

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

1. a tsunami

• “tsunami” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami)).

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈna.mi/

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami n (indeclinable)

1. tsunami

• tsunami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tsunami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• tsunâmi

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese, 津波(つなみ) (tsunami).

• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami (large, destructive wave)

   Synonym: maremoto

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

• IPA^(key): /suˈnami/ [suˈna.mi], /tsuˈnami/ [t̪suˈna.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

• marejada
• maremoto

• “tsunami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波 (tsunami).

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tsunami (n class, plural tsunami)

1. tsunami

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /(t)sʉːˈnɑːmɪ/, /(t)sɵˈnɑːmɪ/

tsunami c

1. tsunami

• tsunamivåg

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

• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi
• IPA^(key): /tsuˈnami/, [t͡sʊˈna.mɪ]

tsunami

1. tsunami

• “tsunami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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

• IPA^(key): /t(u).su.ˈnɑ.mi/
• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami (definite accusative tsunamiyi, plural tsunamiler)

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