tsunami

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /suːˈnɑːmi/, /tsuːˈnɑːmi/; enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi
• (General American) IPA^(key): /suˈnɑmi/, /tsuˈnɑmi/; enPR: so͞o-nä'mi, tso͞o-nä'mi;
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /suˈnæmi/, /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. (figuratively) 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).

• For quotations of use of 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

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

tsunami

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

From Japanese.

tsunami f

1. tsunami

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.

tsunami

1. tsunami

• tsunamiaalto
• tsunamivaara
• tsunamivaroitus

• minusta, muistan, mustina

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

• IPA^(key): /tsy.na.mi/

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tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

• “tsunami” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

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

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.

• “tsunami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

tsunami m (invariable)

1. tsunami

tsunami

1. Rōmaji transcription of つなみ

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /tsuˈna.mʲi/

tsunami n (indeclinable)

1. tsunami

• tsunâmi (rare)

From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (“seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi], [t͡ʃi.su.ˈnɐ.mi]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡su.ˈnɐ.mi/
• Hyphenation: tsu‧na‧mi

tsunami m or f (in variation) (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami (large, destructive wave)

• maremoto

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

• IPA^(key): /(t)suˈna̠mi/

tsunami m (plural tsunamis)

1. tsunami

• marejada
• maremoto

From Japanese.

• IPA^(key): /tsʉːˈnɑːmɪ/, /tsɵˈnɑːmɪ/

tsunami c

1. tsunami