cyklon

See also: cyklón

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cyclone, Derived from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)

Noun

cyklon c (singular definite cyklonen, plural indefinite cykloner)

  1. a cyclone

Declension

Declension of cyklon
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cyklon cyklonen cykloner cyklonerne
genitive cyklons cyklonens cykloners cyklonernes

Polish

cyklon sense 1
cyklon sense 2
cyklon sense 3

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zyklon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɘ.klɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘklɔn
  • Syllabification: cy‧klon

Noun

cyklon m inan (related adjective cyklonalny or cykloniczny or cyklonowy)

  1. (countable, meteorology) cyclone (any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure)
  2. (uncountable, historical, Nazism) Zyklon A and Zyklon B (pesticide consisting of hydrocyanic acid absorbed on pellets of diatomaceous earth; when exposed to the air, hydrogen cyanide is released; used most infamously during the Nazi Holocaust in some gas chambers)
  3. (countable) cyclone, cyclone separator (separator that employs cyclonic separation)

Declension

Further reading

  • cyklon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cyklon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • cyklon in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Noun

cyklon c

  1. (meteorology) a cyclone
  2. a cyclone, a cyclone separator

Declension

See also

References