El Niño
See also: El Nino
English
Alternative forms
- El Nino
Etymology
From Spanish El Niño (literally “The Little Boy”), referring to the Christ child, as the phenomenon is observed around Christmas time.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛl ˈniːn.joʊ/
Noun
El Niño (plural El Niños)
- An invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate, associated with a positive anomaly.
- 2007 May 23, in the Houston Chronicle:
- Additionally, scientists aren’t expecting to be surprised again by El Niño, a warming of the Pacific Ocean that tends to dampen Atlantic hurricane activity.
- 2020 July 23, Abrahm Lustgarten, “The Great Climate Migration”, in New York Times:
- The odd weather phenomenon that many blame for the suffering here — the drought and sudden storm pattern known as El Niño — is expected to become more frequent as the planet warms.
- 2007 May 23, in the Houston Chronicle:
Coordinate terms
- La Niña
- super-Niño
Translations
a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon
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Further reading
- El Niño on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lonnie, on line, on-line, online
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish El Niño.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛlˈninjoː/
Proper noun
El Niño m
- (meteorology) El Niño
Related terms
- La Niña
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Niño.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɛwˈnĩ.ɲu/ [ˌɛʊ̯ˈnĩ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɛwˈni.ɲo/ [ˌɛʊ̯ˈni.ɲo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɛlˈni.ɲu/ [ˌɛɫˈni.ɲu]
Proper noun
El Niño m (plural El Niños)
- (meteorology) El Niño (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /el ˈniɲo/ [el ˈni.ɲo]
- Syllabification: El Ni‧ño
Proper noun
El Niño m
- the Christ child
- (climatology) El Niño (ocean current)
Turkish
Proper noun
El Niño (definite accusative El Niño'yu, plural El Niño'lar)
- (meteorology) El Niño (ocean current)