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noun, feminine

mousson

/mu.sɔ̃/

noun, feminine/mu.sɔ̃/plural: moussons

monsoon (extremely strong tropical wind); monsoon (tropical rainy season)

Borrowed from Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”). The word was borrowed at least three times, from Dutch and Spanish as well as directly from Portuguese.

mousson — French Dictionary | Passage