hurricane

B1 Topic:Weather & Climate

US /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ UK /ˈhʌɹɪkən/ See IPA manual

Freq #7022

Meanings

1

noun
A very powerful tropical storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain.

The hurricane tore the roofs off houses along the coast.
2

noun
A sudden, overwhelming rush of something.

After the announcement, a hurricane of questions came from the crowd.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a very powerful tropical... cyclonetyphoon

Word family

Forms hurricanes

Derived forms blizzicanehurricanelikehurricaneproofhurricanichurriquakehypercanehyperhurricanemedicaneposthurricaneprehurricanesnowicanesuperhurricane

Related forms anticyclonewind

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Phrases (1)

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hurricane lamp
an oil lamp with a glass enclosure that shields its flame from wind

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Hurricane entered English in the mid-16th century via Spanish huracán, which came from Hurakan, the name of the Arawak god of storms.

Etymology

Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.

huracán Spanish *hurakā tnq

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Topics

Weather & Climate

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# hurricane

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhʌɹɪkən/
**Frequency rank:** 7022

## Meanings
1. A very powerful tropical storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain.
2. A sudden, overwhelming rush of something.

## Examples
- The hurricane tore the roofs off houses along the coast.
- After the announcement, a hurricane of questions came from the crowd.

## Derived Forms
- blizzicane
- hurricanelike
- hurricaneproof
- hurricanic
- hurriquake
- hypercane
- hyperhurricane
- medicane
- posthurricane
- prehurricane
- snowicane
- superhurricane

## Related Forms
- anticyclone
- wind

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: huracán
- Root: *hurakā

## Etymology
Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.

## AI Etymology
Hurricane is borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā. The historical chain includes huracán (Spanish) and *hurakā (tnq). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as blizzicane, hurricanelike, hurricaneproof, and hurricanic and related forms such as anticyclone and wind. In present use it covers a very powerful tropical storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain and a sudden, overwhelming rush of something.

## Topics
- Weather & Climate

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