How to pronounce“typhoon”in English
IPA/taɪˈfun/
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Definitions of “typhoon”
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noun
A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm.
noun
A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.
“Near-synonyms: cyclone (narrow sense), hurricane”
verb
To swirl like a hurricane.