monsoon

mon·soon

noun \män-ˈsün, ˈmän-ˌ\

Definition of MONSOON

1

: a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia

2

: the season of the southwest monsoon in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall

3

: rainfall that is associated with the monsoon

— mon·soon·al \-ˈsü-n^əl, -ˌsü-\ adjective

Examples of MONSOON

1. floods caused by summer monsoons

Origin of MONSOON

obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim time, season

First Known Use: 1584

Other Climate/Meteorology Terms

occlusion, ozone, rime, squall, zephyr

Rhymes with MONSOON

aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon