monsoon (redirected from wet monsoons)

mon·soon  (mn-sn)

n.

1. A wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally.

2.

a. A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer.

b. The rain that accompanies this wind.

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[Obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim, season, from wasama, to mark; see wsm in Semitic roots.]

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mon·soonal adj.

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monsoon [mɒnˈsuːn]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a seasonal wind of S Asia that blows from the southwest in summer, bringing heavy rains, and from the northeast in winter

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the rainy season when the SW monsoon blows, from about April to October

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) any wind that changes direction with the seasons

[from obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim season]

monsoonal  adj

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monsoon  (mn-sn)

1. A system of winds that influences the climate of a large area and that reverses direction with the seasons. Monsoons are caused primarily by the much greater annual variation in temperature over large areas of land than over large areas of adjacent ocean water. This variation causes an excess of atmospheric pressure over the continents in the winter, and a deficit in the summer. The disparity causes strong winds to blow between the ocean and the land, bringing heavy seasonal rainfall.

2. In southern Asia, a wind that is part of such a system and that blows from the southwest in the summer and usually brings heavy rains.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monsoon - a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
	2.	monsoon - rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains rainy season - one of the two seasons in tropical climates
	3.	monsoon - any wind that changes direction with the seasons rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

Translations

monsoon [mɒnˈsuːn]

A. N → monzón m

B. CPD the monsoon rains NPL → las lluvias monzónicas
monsoon season N → época f monzónica, estación f de los monzones

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monsoon [mɒnˈsuːn]

n

(= downpour) → pluie f torrentielle

the monsoon (= season) → la mousson
the end of the monsoon → la fin de la mousson monsoons

npl
the monsoons → la mousson

modif [rain] → de mousson; [season] → de la mousson monsoon rains
monsoon rains npl → pluies fpl de mousson

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monsoon

n → Monsun m; the monsoon rains → der Monsunregen; the monsoons, the monsoon season → die Monsunzeit

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monsoon [mɒnˈsuːn] n → monsone m

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monsoon [mɒnˈsuːn] n → monsone m

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monsoon

n monsoon [monˈsuːn]

1 a wind that blows in Southern Asia, from the south-west in summer, from the northeast in winter. moeson ريح مَوْسِمِيَّه мусон monzun monsun der Monsun μουσώνας monzón monsuun باد موسمی monsuuni mousson מוֹנסוּן बरसाती पवन monsun monszun angin monsun monsúnvindur monsone モンスーン 계절풍(인도양, 남아시아에서 부는 계절풍) musonas musons angin monsun moesson monsun monsun monção muson муссон monzún monsun monsun monsun ลมมรสุม muson rüzgarı 季風 мусон جنوبی ایشیا سے اٹھنے والی برسات کی ہوا gió mùa 季风

2 the rainy season caused by the southwest monsoon. reënseisoen أمطار مَوْسِمِيَّه дъждовен сезон причинен от мусон období dešťů regntid; monsun der Monsun εποχή των μουσώνων monzón vihmaperiood فصل بارندگی sadekausi mousson (d'été) עוֹנַת הַמוֹנסוּן वर्षा ऋतु ljetni monsun monszun musim hujan monsúntími monsone 雨期 우기 lietingas metų laikas lietus periods musim monsun moessontijd regntid, monsun monsun monções anotimp ploios дождливый сезон obdobie dažďov deževna doba monsun monsun ฤดูมรสุม muson mevsim yağmurları 季風雨季 сезон дощів جنوب مشرقی مانسون کی وجہ سے آنے والی برسات mùa mưa 雨季

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monsoon → ريح موسمية monzun monsun Monsun μουσώνας monzón monsuuni mousson monsun monsone モンスーン 우기 moesson monsun monsun monção муссон monsun ฤดูมรสุม muson gió mùa 季风