Tsunami

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also

English

Etymology

From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), "harbour wave"

Pronunciation

• tso͞o-nä'mi, /tsuːˈnɑːmi/, /tsu:nA:mi/
• so͞o-nä'mi, /suːˈnɑːmi/, /su:nA:mi/

Noun

tsunami (Plural: tsunamis or tsunami)

1. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Synonyms

• tidal wave (informal; technically incorrect)

Derived terms

• megatsunami
• teletsunami

Translations

Anejom̃ : najap̃ajap̃ Arabic: تْسُونَامِي (tsunámi) m Belarusian: цунамі (tsunámi) f Bulgarian: цунами (tsunámi) f Catalan: tsunami m, tsunamis pl Chinese: 海嘯 , 海啸 (hǎi xiào) Croatian: cunami f Czech: tsunami f (indeclinable) Danish: flodbølge Dutch: vloedgolf Esperanto: cunamo Estonian: tsunami Finnish: hyökyaalto , tsunami French: tsunami m, tsunamis pl German: Tsunami m Greek: τσουνάμι (tsounámi) n Hebrew: צוּנַמי (tsunami) Hungarian: cunami , szökőár Indonesian: tsunami Italian: tsunami m (invariable)

Japanese: 津波, 津浪 (つなみ , tsunamí) Lithuanian: cunamis m Maori: parawhenua Norwegian Nynorsk: flodbølgje Bokmål: tsunami Persian: آبْلَرْزه (âb-larzeh) Polish: tsunami f Portuguese: tsunami m, tsunamis pl Romanian: tsunami m Russian: цунами (tsunámi) f Serbian: цунами (tsunámi) f Spanish: tsunami m, tsunamis pl Swedish: tsunami c Thai: คลื่นสึนามิ (khleùùn sèunaamī), คลื่นยักษ์ (khleùùn yāk) Turkish: tsunami Ukrainian: цунамі (tsunámi) f Welsh: tsunami

See also

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