transcription, транскрипция: [ tī-ˈfün ]
noun
Etymology: alteration (influenced by Chinese — Guangdong — daaih-fùng, from daaih big + fùng wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ṭūfān hurricane, from Greek typhōn violent storm
Date: 1771
1. : a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea
2. : whirlwind 2a
a typhoon of activity