муссон

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mousson, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, season), from وَسَمَ (wasama, to mark, to brand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊˈs(ː)on]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

муссо́н • (mussónm inan (genitive муссо́на, nominative plural муссо́ны, genitive plural муссо́нов, relational adjective муссо́нный)

  1. (meteorology) monsoon (any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season)
    Antonym: антимуссо́н (antimussón)
    Hypernym: ве́тер (véter)

Declension

Further reading

  • муссон in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru