typhoons
Sayty-FOONZUS/taɪˈfunz/UK/taɪˈfuːnz/
- 1Plural of typhoon.
Typhoons often hit the Philippines in late summer and fall.
Our trip to Japan was delayed twice by typhoons last fall.
- 2Third-person singular simple present of typhoon.
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typhoons is a form of typhoon
typhoon, noun: A violent tropical cyclone with rotating winds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or more, especially in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the regional equivalent of an Atlantic hurricane or an Indian Ocean cyclone. Full entry
- Forms
- typhoontyphoons plural
- Spelling
- typhoon → typhoons: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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