ouragan
French
Etymology
Ultimately from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”), via a Caribbean form with /-ɡ-/.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.ʁa.ɡɑ̃/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: ouragans
Noun
ouragan m (plural ouragans)
- (weather) hurricane
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: zouragan
- Polish: huragan
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Russian: урага́н (uragán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
- Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán)
- → Yiddish: הוראַגאַן (huragan)
References
- “ouragan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French ouragan.
Noun
ouragan m (plural ouragans)
- (Jersey, weather) hurricane