Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

    Monsun, Monsunwind

    муссо́нmussón

  2. Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

    Monsun, Monsunzeit, Monsunregen

    муссо́нmussón

    мусонmuson

    rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains

  3. The rains themselves.

  4. Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.

    Monsun

  5. (figuratively)Any heavy rainstorm.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Monsoon is coming.

    Наближається мусон.

    ruПриближается муссон.

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  2. The monsoon is a central element.

    ruМуссон является центральным элементом.

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  3. The monsoon season seems to be dragging on this year.

    deDieses Jahr scheint sich die Regenzeit aber hinzuziehen.

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  4. This is the monsoon season.

    ruСейчас время муссонов.

    deEs ist Monsunzeit.

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  5. The monsoon season is coming.

    ruНаступает сезон муссонов.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season:
Русский
By meaning 1
wind:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
wind:
tropical rainy season — see also monsoon season:
rain:

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”),

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

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