English

Noun

tyfoon ‎(plural tyfoons)

1. Obsolete form of typhoon.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• taifoen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈfoːn/
• Hyphenation: ty‧foon

Etymology

Probably ultimately of Sinitic origin, Mandarin 大风 ‎(dàfēng, “big wind”), Cantonese 大風 ‎(daai⁶ fung¹, “big wind”), via Arabic طوفان ‎(ṭūfān), Hindi तूफ़ान ‎(tūfān), and Persian توفان ‎(tufân). Ancient Greek Τυφῶν ‎(Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”) is unrelated but has secondarily contaminated the word: given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomenon, it is more likely it began east and moved west.

Noun

tyfoon m ‎(plural tyfoons, diminutive tyfoontje n)

1. typhoon
2. train horn