tsunami

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tsʊˈnɑːmi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tsʊˈnɑmi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tsŏŏ nä′mē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
tsu•na•mi /tsʊˈnɑmi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -mis. 
  1. Oceanographyan unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or volcanic eruption under water.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tsu•na•mi  (tsŏŏ nä′mē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Oceanographyan unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption. Also called seismic sea wave. 
  • Japanese, equivalent. to tsu harbor (earlier tu) + nami wave
  • 1905–10;
tsu•na•mic  (tsŏŏ nä′mik, -nam′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tsunami / tsʊˈnæmɪ/ ( -mis, -mi)
  1. a large, often destructive, sea wave produced by a submarine earthquake, subsidence, or volcanic eruption. Sometimes incorrectly called a tidal wave
Etymology: from Japanese, from tsu port + nami wave
'tsunami' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aceh - Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Banda Aceh - Galle - India - Indian Ocean - Indonesia - Maldives - Phuket - Sendai - Sumatra - Thailand - seismic sea wave - tidal wave

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