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 Common collocations hurricane lamp Noun + noun Etymology AI details Etymology tree Taíno *hurakābor. Spanish huracánbor. English hurricane Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā. huracán Spanish *hurakā tnq View etymology graph -> Topics Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown