צוּנָמִי
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. A tsunami, a tidal wave: a large and destructive ocean wave.
2. A tsunami, a tidal wave: an unstoppable surge. (figurative, figuratively)
Pronunciation
tsunámi
Examples5
זֶה הַצוּנָאמִי: הַחוֹף יָבוֹא אליך אִם לֹא תָּבוֹא אֶל הַחוֹף.
This is the tsunami: the beach will come to you if you don't come to the beach.
חֲלוֹם הבלהות הַנִּשְׁנֶה אֶצְלָהּ כָּרוּךְ בצוּנָאמִי.
Her recurrent nightmare involved a tsunami.
סערות צוּנָמִי נְדִירוֹת.
Tsunamis are rare.
רַעַשׁ אֲדָמָה בעׇצְמָה 8.9 בסֻלָּם ריכטר פּוֹקֵד אֵת יַפָּן וְגוֹרֵם לצוּנָאמִי אַדִּיר.
An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.
חָלָה רעידת אדמה וּבְנוֹסָף הָיָה צוּנָאמִי.
There was an earthquake and, in addition, there was a tsunami.