Definition of monsoon in English:

monsoon

noun mɒnˈsuːnmɑnˈsun

1A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).
季风
Example sentencesExamples
- Transplanting of nearly 15-month-old nursery seedlings is done during next monsoons or following winter.
- The south-west monsoon from May to October brings heavy rain and heavy seas and can restrict diving.
- We get only very little rain during the South West monsoon.
- Make sure you have spent enough time in the country to familiarise yourself with the different seasons - sunshine is one matter but monsoons are another.
- On another note, all elections should be held only after the monsoons, and after all the candidates have been forced to walk on foot through the city during the rains.
- Many of them had seen tents go to other villages and thought that this would be the best thing to see them through the summer and the monsoon.
- The result was a globally arid and dry climate, though regions near the coast most likely experienced seasonal monsoons.
- But those states were spared when record-breaking monsoons brought heavy summer rains instead of the fierce fires officials had expected.
- And it points out that the cyclones and monsoons that already bring such damage to the area could become even more frequent and intense.
- May to September brings the cooler and drier south-east monsoon, with strong winds and high seas in July and August.
- April through mid-November is the dry season, while December through March is the monsoon.
- Malaysia's climate is tropical, with monsoons bringing an average annual rainfall of about 95 inches.
- The large area involved and the grand scale of the weather within monsoon climates suggest that monsoons play a significant role in the management of the global climate.
- Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers.
- The period of the southwest monsoon (June to September) is usually the driest.
- The northeast monsoon, which brings us most of our water, has set in.
- The other good news is that the northerly monsoons have arrived in the Gulf, blowing steadily from north-west veering north-east.
- However, the monsoon is no season to lounge on the cosy sands beside the lapping waves.
- This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April.
- The monsoon trough is a broad area of low atmospheric pressure running east-west through the tropics in the summer months.
Synonyms
tempest, squall
1. 1.1 The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.
  雨季
  Example sentencesExamples
  India's dramatic seasons of drought and monsoon can destroy everything a person owns.
  In sub-Saharan Africa rain comes in monsoons, which are large storms that dump a large amount of rain.
  The Himalayan Range is the major cause of the summer monsoon rains.
  His voice reminds you of the long awaited monsoon showers caressing the parched earth.
  In other parts of the world, there are summer rain, spring rain, monsoons and April showers that bring May flowers.
  The delayed monsoon had affected all crops adversely.
  The village waits for the monsoons to come and rain on its crops, but the ground remains dry and infertile.
  This time of year, the rice was planted, and it was up for the summer monsoons to finish the job.
  The monsoon showers are here again to swathe the State in a watery blanket.
  Following the dry season, the monsoons hit the community in full force; several people drowned, trapped in the city's storm water runoff channels.
  So it's been a long summer, a long hot summer, and once the hot season ends then the monsoon is just now come.
  Appropriate food as it was the day that the monsoon finally arrived in Delhi and you know how hungry rainy weather makes you.
  As the monsoons fade and the dry seasons take over, this year particularly there is widespread fear and uncertainty about the future.
  The tree planting spree has started and monsoon rainfall will sustain it.

Derivatives

monsoonal

adjective mɒnˈsuːn(ə)lmɑnˈsunl

The climate of the study area is sub-tropical and monsoonal.
Example sentencesExamples
- The monsoonal rains began on July 26, when an unprecedented 76 centimetres of rain fell in just 24 hours, devastating the city's inadequate infrastructure.
- ‘The wet season is a bit different to Darwin - the monsoonal down-pours are a regular occurrence here,’ he said.
- As monsoonal rains poured down, the Gulf Country of Queensland, and extensive areas of the dry centre, were turned into vast inland seas, isolating pastoral stations and causing heavy cattle losses.
- Rainfall in the savannah region usually arrives between November and April in heavy bursts from monsoonal depressions or tropical cyclones.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim 'season', from wasama 'to mark, brand'.

Rhymes

afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon

Definition of monsoon in US English:

monsoon

nounmänˈso͞onmɑnˈsun

1A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon).
季风
Example sentencesExamples
- However, the monsoon is no season to lounge on the cosy sands beside the lapping waves.
- The result was a globally arid and dry climate, though regions near the coast most likely experienced seasonal monsoons.
- Many of them had seen tents go to other villages and thought that this would be the best thing to see them through the summer and the monsoon.
- And it points out that the cyclones and monsoons that already bring such damage to the area could become even more frequent and intense.
- But those states were spared when record-breaking monsoons brought heavy summer rains instead of the fierce fires officials had expected.
- May to September brings the cooler and drier south-east monsoon, with strong winds and high seas in July and August.
- Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers.
- April through mid-November is the dry season, while December through March is the monsoon.
- Malaysia's climate is tropical, with monsoons bringing an average annual rainfall of about 95 inches.
- The large area involved and the grand scale of the weather within monsoon climates suggest that monsoons play a significant role in the management of the global climate.
- We get only very little rain during the South West monsoon.
- This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April.
- The period of the southwest monsoon (June to September) is usually the driest.
- On another note, all elections should be held only after the monsoons, and after all the candidates have been forced to walk on foot through the city during the rains.
- The monsoon trough is a broad area of low atmospheric pressure running east-west through the tropics in the summer months.
- Transplanting of nearly 15-month-old nursery seedlings is done during next monsoons or following winter.
- The northeast monsoon, which brings us most of our water, has set in.
- Make sure you have spent enough time in the country to familiarise yourself with the different seasons - sunshine is one matter but monsoons are another.
- The other good news is that the northerly monsoons have arrived in the Gulf, blowing steadily from north-west veering north-east.
- The south-west monsoon from May to October brings heavy rain and heavy seas and can restrict diving.
Synonyms
tempest, squall
1. 1.1 The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.
  雨季
  Example sentencesExamples
  In other parts of the world, there are summer rain, spring rain, monsoons and April showers that bring May flowers.
  So it's been a long summer, a long hot summer, and once the hot season ends then the monsoon is just now come.
  India's dramatic seasons of drought and monsoon can destroy everything a person owns.
  As the monsoons fade and the dry seasons take over, this year particularly there is widespread fear and uncertainty about the future.
  The village waits for the monsoons to come and rain on its crops, but the ground remains dry and infertile.
  This time of year, the rice was planted, and it was up for the summer monsoons to finish the job.
  Appropriate food as it was the day that the monsoon finally arrived in Delhi and you know how hungry rainy weather makes you.
  The monsoon showers are here again to swathe the State in a watery blanket.
  His voice reminds you of the long awaited monsoon showers caressing the parched earth.
  The Himalayan Range is the major cause of the summer monsoon rains.
  Following the dry season, the monsoons hit the community in full force; several people drowned, trapped in the city's storm water runoff channels.
  In sub-Saharan Africa rain comes in monsoons, which are large storms that dump a large amount of rain.
  The tree planting spree has started and monsoon rainfall will sustain it.
  The delayed monsoon had affected all crops adversely.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim ‘season’, from wasama ‘to mark, brand’.

词汇	monsoon
释义	Definition of monsoon in English: monsoon noun mɒnˈsuːnmɑnˈsun 1A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon). 季风 Example sentencesExamples Transplanting of nearly 15-month-old nursery seedlings is done during next monsoons or following winter. The south-west monsoon from May to October brings heavy rain and heavy seas and can restrict diving. We get only very little rain during the South West monsoon. Make sure you have spent enough time in the country to familiarise yourself with the different seasons - sunshine is one matter but monsoons are another. On another note, all elections should be held only after the monsoons, and after all the candidates have been forced to walk on foot through the city during the rains. Many of them had seen tents go to other villages and thought that this would be the best thing to see them through the summer and the monsoon. The result was a globally arid and dry climate, though regions near the coast most likely experienced seasonal monsoons. But those states were spared when record-breaking monsoons brought heavy summer rains instead of the fierce fires officials had expected. And it points out that the cyclones and monsoons that already bring such damage to the area could become even more frequent and intense. May to September brings the cooler and drier south-east monsoon, with strong winds and high seas in July and August. April through mid-November is the dry season, while December through March is the monsoon. Malaysia's climate is tropical, with monsoons bringing an average annual rainfall of about 95 inches. The large area involved and the grand scale of the weather within monsoon climates suggest that monsoons play a significant role in the management of the global climate. Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers. The period of the southwest monsoon (June to September) is usually the driest. The northeast monsoon, which brings us most of our water, has set in. The other good news is that the northerly monsoons have arrived in the Gulf, blowing steadily from north-west veering north-east. However, the monsoon is no season to lounge on the cosy sands beside the lapping waves. This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April. The monsoon trough is a broad area of low atmospheric pressure running east-west through the tropics in the summer months. Synonyms tempest, squall 1.1 The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon. 雨季 Example sentencesExamples India's dramatic seasons of drought and monsoon can destroy everything a person owns. In sub-Saharan Africa rain comes in monsoons, which are large storms that dump a large amount of rain. The Himalayan Range is the major cause of the summer monsoon rains. His voice reminds you of the long awaited monsoon showers caressing the parched earth. In other parts of the world, there are summer rain, spring rain, monsoons and April showers that bring May flowers. The delayed monsoon had affected all crops adversely. The village waits for the monsoons to come and rain on its crops, but the ground remains dry and infertile. This time of year, the rice was planted, and it was up for the summer monsoons to finish the job. The monsoon showers are here again to swathe the State in a watery blanket. Following the dry season, the monsoons hit the community in full force; several people drowned, trapped in the city's storm water runoff channels. So it's been a long summer, a long hot summer, and once the hot season ends then the monsoon is just now come. Appropriate food as it was the day that the monsoon finally arrived in Delhi and you know how hungry rainy weather makes you. As the monsoons fade and the dry seasons take over, this year particularly there is widespread fear and uncertainty about the future. The tree planting spree has started and monsoon rainfall will sustain it. Derivatives monsoonal adjective mɒnˈsuːn(ə)lmɑnˈsunl The climate of the study area is sub-tropical and monsoonal. Example sentencesExamples The monsoonal rains began on July 26, when an unprecedented 76 centimetres of rain fell in just 24 hours, devastating the city's inadequate infrastructure. ‘The wet season is a bit different to Darwin - the monsoonal down-pours are a regular occurrence here,’ he said. As monsoonal rains poured down, the Gulf Country of Queensland, and extensive areas of the dry centre, were turned into vast inland seas, isolating pastoral stations and causing heavy cattle losses. Rainfall in the savannah region usually arrives between November and April in heavy bursts from monsoonal depressions or tropical cyclones. Origin Late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim 'season', from wasama 'to mark, brand'. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of monsoon in US English: monsoon nounmänˈso͞onmɑnˈsun 1A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon). 季风 Example sentencesExamples However, the monsoon is no season to lounge on the cosy sands beside the lapping waves. The result was a globally arid and dry climate, though regions near the coast most likely experienced seasonal monsoons. Many of them had seen tents go to other villages and thought that this would be the best thing to see them through the summer and the monsoon. And it points out that the cyclones and monsoons that already bring such damage to the area could become even more frequent and intense. But those states were spared when record-breaking monsoons brought heavy summer rains instead of the fierce fires officials had expected. May to September brings the cooler and drier south-east monsoon, with strong winds and high seas in July and August. Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers. April through mid-November is the dry season, while December through March is the monsoon. Malaysia's climate is tropical, with monsoons bringing an average annual rainfall of about 95 inches. The large area involved and the grand scale of the weather within monsoon climates suggest that monsoons play a significant role in the management of the global climate. We get only very little rain during the South West monsoon. This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April. The period of the southwest monsoon (June to September) is usually the driest. On another note, all elections should be held only after the monsoons, and after all the candidates have been forced to walk on foot through the city during the rains. The monsoon trough is a broad area of low atmospheric pressure running east-west through the tropics in the summer months. Transplanting of nearly 15-month-old nursery seedlings is done during next monsoons or following winter. The northeast monsoon, which brings us most of our water, has set in. Make sure you have spent enough time in the country to familiarise yourself with the different seasons - sunshine is one matter but monsoons are another. The other good news is that the northerly monsoons have arrived in the Gulf, blowing steadily from north-west veering north-east. The south-west monsoon from May to October brings heavy rain and heavy seas and can restrict diving. Synonyms tempest, squall 1.1 The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon. 雨季 Example sentencesExamples In other parts of the world, there are summer rain, spring rain, monsoons and April showers that bring May flowers. So it's been a long summer, a long hot summer, and once the hot season ends then the monsoon is just now come. India's dramatic seasons of drought and monsoon can destroy everything a person owns. As the monsoons fade and the dry seasons take over, this year particularly there is widespread fear and uncertainty about the future. The village waits for the monsoons to come and rain on its crops, but the ground remains dry and infertile. This time of year, the rice was planted, and it was up for the summer monsoons to finish the job. Appropriate food as it was the day that the monsoon finally arrived in Delhi and you know how hungry rainy weather makes you. The monsoon showers are here again to swathe the State in a watery blanket. His voice reminds you of the long awaited monsoon showers caressing the parched earth. The Himalayan Range is the major cause of the summer monsoon rains. Following the dry season, the monsoons hit the community in full force; several people drowned, trapped in the city's storm water runoff channels. In sub-Saharan Africa rain comes in monsoons, which are large storms that dump a large amount of rain. The tree planting spree has started and monsoon rainfall will sustain it. The delayed monsoon had affected all crops adversely. Origin Late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim ‘season’, from wasama ‘to mark, brand’.
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