typhoon

noun

ty·​phoon tī-ˈfün 

1

: a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea

2

: whirlwind sense 2a

a typhoon of activity

Examples of typhoon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2024 a typhoon and flash flooding across northern Vietnam led to the deaths of at least 59 people when a bridge collapsed in the Phu Tho province. —Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025

After the typhoon passes, the villagers return to see what remains. —Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025

Hurricanes occur in the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific regions, while the same weather pattern is called a typhoon in the northwest Pacific. —Ann Abel, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025

The eruption adds to the compounding natural threats faced by the archipelago, which also contends with up to 20 tropical storms and typhoons annually. —Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by Chin — Guangdong — daaih-fùng, from daaih big + fùng wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ṭūfān hurricane, from Greek typhōn violent storm

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for typhoon

• attune
• baboon
• balloon
• bassoon
• buffoon
• cartoon
• cocoon
• festoon
• gaboon
• harpoon
• immune
• impugn

Kids Definition

typhoon

noun

ty·​phoon tī-ˈfün 

: a hurricane occurring in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea