cyclone
French, noun/si.klon/
cyclone is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-N-E (7 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cyclone is a French masculine noun meaning “cyclone (rotating system of winds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en…”.
What does cyclone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecyclone (rotating system of winds)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tempête atmosphérique, organisée autour d’un centre de basse pression, qui balaie la terre ou la mer en tournoyant sur elle-même. 2. Phénomène destructeur. 3. Appareil destiné à trier des particules solides (poussières, sciure, scories, etc.) en suspension dans un courant d'air ou de gaz.
noun: 1. Victime d’un cyclone.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cyclone
- cyclones plural
- cyclonés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cyclone?
- /si.klon/
- \si.klon\
- [si.klon]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cyclone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cyclone in French?
cyclone appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).