megatsunami

See also: mégatsunami

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ tsunami.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mega-tso͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡətsuːˈnɑːmi/
• enPR: mega-so͞o-nä'mi, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡəsuːˈnɑːmi/

Noun

megatsunami (plural megatsunamis or megatsunami)

1. (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.
2. A tsunami caused by an avalanche or landslide falling into an enclosed body of water, causing very high water levels, that washes onto land.

Related terms

• ice tsunami
• meteotsunami
• teletsunami
• tsunami

 

Translations

a very large tsunami

• Bulgarian: мегацуна́ми n (megacunámi)
• Catalan: megatsunami m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大海嘯／大海啸 (dàhǎixiào)

• Finnish: megatsunami
• French: mégatsunami (fr) m
• German: Megatsunami m
• Hungarian: megacunami
• Italian: megatsunami m
• Japanese: 大津波 (ja) (おおつなみ, ōtsunami)
• Portuguese: megatsunami m
• Russian: мегацуна́ми (ru) n (megacunámi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мегацунами m

  Roman: megacunami m

• Spanish: megatsunami m

See also

• earthquake
• flood
• natural disaster
• seaquake
• seiche
• teletsunami
• tidal wave
• tsunami

 

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɡat.suˈnɐ̃.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɡat.suˈnɐ̃.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɡat.suˈnɐ.mi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɡɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi/ [mɨ.ɣɐ.tsuˈnɐ.mi]

Noun

megatsunami m (plural megatsunamis)

1. megatsunami (a very large tsunami)