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, from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.kan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrkan
• Syllabification: or‧kan

orkan m inan

1. (meteorology) strong wind with a thunderstorm
2. (meteorology) European windstorm

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

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)

• ankor, kanor, korna, krona