муссон

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mousson, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”), from وَسَمَ (wasama, “to mark, to brand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊˈs(ː)on]

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Noun

муссо́н • (mussón) m inan (genitive муссо́на, nominative plural муссо́ны, genitive plural муссо́нов, relational adjective муссо́нный)

1. (meteorology) monsoon (any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season)

   Antonym: антимуссо́н (antimussón)

   Hypernym: ве́тер (véter)

Declension

Declension of муссо́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	муссо́н mussón	муссо́ны mussóny
genitive	муссо́на mussóna	муссо́нов mussónov
dative	муссо́ну mussónu	муссо́нам mussónam
accusative	муссо́н mussón	муссо́ны mussóny
instrumental	муссо́ном mussónom	муссо́нами mussónami
prepositional	муссо́не mussóne	муссо́нах mussónax

Further reading

• муссон in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru