English
Pronunciation
Noun
tropical cyclone (plural tropical cyclones)
- (loosely) a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular/spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
- (strictly) Typhoon; hurricane.
Derived terms
Translations
(broad sense)
- Belarusian: трапі́чны цыкло́н m (trapíčny cyklón)
- Bikol Central: bagyo (bcl)
- Catalan: cicló tropical m
- Cebuano: bagyo
- Dutch: tropische cycloon m
- Estonian: troopiline tsüklon
- French: cyclone tropical (fr) m
- Greek: τροπικός κυκλώνας m (tropikós kyklónas)
- Ilocano: bagio
- Indonesian: siklon tropis (id)
- Kankanaey: pewek
- Kapampangan: baggiu
- Korean: 열대저기압 (ko) (yeoldaejeogiap)
- Polish: cyklon tropikalny m
- Portuguese: ciclone tropical (pt) m
- Russian: тропи́ческий цикло́н m (tropíčeskij ciklón)
- Spanish: ciclón tropical (es) m
- Tagalog: bagyo (tl)
- Ukrainian: тропі́чний цикло́н m (tropíčnyj cyklón)
- Vietnamese: xoáy thuận nhiệt đới
- Waray-Waray: bagyo
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