taifun

See also: Taifun

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sinitic

• 大風／大风 (“big wind”) (Cantonese daai⁶ fung¹, Hakka thai-fûng).
• 颱風／台风 (“typhoon”) (Cantonese toi⁴ fung¹, Hakka thòi-fûng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtai̯fun]
• Hyphenation: tai‧fun

Noun

taifun (plural taifun-taifun)

1. (meteorology) typhoon.

Related terms

• topan

Further reading

• “taifun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Taifun

Etymology

Borrowed from German Taifun, from English typhoon.

Noun

taifun n (plural taifunuri)

1. typhoon (hurricane in the Pacific)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	taifun	taifunul		taifunuri	taifunurile
genitive-dative	taifun	taifunului		taifunuri	taifunurilor
vocative	taifunule			taifunurilor