megatsunami

See also: mégatsunami

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ tsunami.

Pronunciation

enPR: mega-tso͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡətsuːˈnɑːmi/
enPR: mega-so͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡəsuːˈnɑːmi/

Noun

megatsunami (plural megatsunamis or megatsunami)

(oceanography) An extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly.
(loosely) A very large tsunami.

Related terms

Translations

extremely large wave caused by an avalanche or landslide

Bulgarian: мегацуна́ми n (megacunámi)
Catalan: megatsunami m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大海嘯 / 大海啸

Mandarin: 大海嘯 / 大海啸 (dàhǎixiào)
Finnish: megatsunami
French: mégatsunami (fr) m
Georgian: მეგაცუნამი (megacunami)
German: Megatsunami m
Hungarian: megacunami
Italian: megatsunami m
Japanese: 大津波 (ja) (おおつなみ, ōtsunami)
Polish: megatsunami n
Portuguese: megatsunami m
Russian: мегацуна́ми (ru) n (megacunámi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мегацунами m

Roman: megacunami m
Spanish: megatsunami m

See also

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ̃.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ.mi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.ɡɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi/ [ˌmɛ.ɣɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi]

Noun

megatsunami m (plural megatsunamis)

(oceanography) megatsunami (an extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly)