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typhon — [ tifɔ̃ ] n. m. • tiffon 1531; tifon 1571 (d apr. it. tifone); chin. dial. t ai fung « grand vent », par le port. tufaô, ar. tufân; typhon en 1643, par confus. avec typhan (1504), du gr. tuphon « tourbillon » ♦ Cyclone des mers de Chine et de l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Typhoon — Ty*phoon , n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tuf[ a]o, Ar. tuf[=a]n a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps from Chin. t ai fung a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
