ciclón
See also: ciclon
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κυκλῶν (kuklôn, “moving in a circle, whirling”), ultimately from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυκλῶν (kuklôn, “moving in a circle, whirling”), ultimately from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈklon/ [θiˈklõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈklon/ [siˈklõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ci‧clón
Derived terms
- anticiclón m
- ciclón extratropical
- ciclón tropical
- ciclónico
Further reading
- “ciclón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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