orkan

From either German Orkan or Dutch orkaan, both from Spanish huracán (“hurricane”).

orkan c (singular definite orkanen, plural indefinite orkaner)

1. hurricane

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkaner, definite plural orkanene)

1. a hurricane

• “orkan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Spanish huracán, via Dutch orkaan.

orkan m (definite singular orkanen, indefinite plural orkanar, definite plural orkanane)

1. a hurricane

• “orkan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Dutch orkaan.

The Dutch word comes from Spanish huracán.

The Spanish word comes from Taíno juracán.

orkan

1. hurricane

Borrowed from German Orkan. Doublet of huragan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.kan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrkan
• Syllabification: or‧kan
• Homophone: Orkan

orkan m inan (related adjective orkanowy)

1. (meteorology) European windstorm (strongest kind of extratropical cyclone occurring across the continent of Europe, associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure)

   Hypernym: cyklon

2. (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm

• orkan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• orkan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• orkan in PWN's encyclopedia

From German Orkan.

• IPA^(key): /ǒrkaːn/
• Hyphenation: or‧kan

òrkān m (Cyrillic spelling о̀рка̄н)

1. strong wind
2. (obsolete) hurricane

• IPA^(key): /ʊrˈkɑːn/

orkan c

1. a hurricane

• orkanartad
• orkanby
• orkanområde
• orkanstyrka
• orkanvind

• orkan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orkan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• orkan in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

• ankor, kanor, korna, krona