cyclone

CEFRB2

/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A powerful storm with winds moving around a center.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A tropical cyclone occurring in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean.

Examples

  • Many houses in my village have been destroyed by the cyclone.

  • The cyclone destroyed everything in its path.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsaɪ.kləʊn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The more or less violent, small-scale circulations such as tornadoes, waterspouts, and dust devils.

  2. Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.

  3. A cyclone separator; the cylindrical vortex tube within such a separator

More examples

In context

  • Algeria isn't in a cyclone region.

  • Near-synonym: storm

  • Near-synonyms: typhoon, hurricane

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Coined by Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s, and based on some term in Ancient Greek. Sources disagree on the date and on which Ancient Greek term, though it had to be something derived from either κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”) or κυκλόω (kuklóō, “go around in a circle, form a circle, encircle”), for example the present active participle κυκλῶν (kuklôn). See cycle and wheel.