typhoon
typhoon · typhoons · typhooned · typhooning
To swirl like a hurricaneTo swirl like a hurricane.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/taɪˈfuːn/US/taɪˈfun/
Meaning
1 sensesTo swirl like a hurricane.
Origin
English texts mention typhon, tiphon as a Greek word for "whirlwind" since at least the 15English texts mention typhon, tiphon as a Greek word for "whirlwind" since at least the 1550s, referring to Ancient Greek τυφῶν (tuphôn), τυφώς (tuphṓs, “whirlwind”) (the latter attested since Aeschylus), Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”). (French typhon (“whirlwind”) is said to be attested since 1504.)
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Forms
typhoons, typhooning, typhooned, typhoonedTenses
typhoon · typhooned · will typhoon · have typhoonedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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