microrafale
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.ʁa.fal/
microrafale is spelled M-I-C-R-O-R-A-F-A-L-E (11 letters). Microrafale is a French feminine noun meaning “a microburst (a downburst of wind during a thunderstorm caused by a downdraft shaft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courant aérien descendant intense sous un orage, dont l’écrasement en surface produit des vents violents sur…”.
What does microrafale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea microburst (a downburst of wind during a thunderstorm caused by a downdraft shaft)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courant aérien descendant intense sous un orage, dont l’écrasement en surface produit des vents violents sur une étendue restreinte.
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 microrafale
- microrafales plural
- micro-rafale
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microrafale?
- /mi.kʁɔ.ʁa.fal/
- \mik.ʁɔ.ʁa.fal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microrafale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.