🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

tidal wave noun

  /ˈtaɪdəlweɪv/
  • (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)
 hyökyaalto, tsunami
  • (archaic) A crest of ocean water; a wave.
 aalto
  • (proscribed) A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge; a sudden surge of river water.
 hyöky, tulva
  • A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide.
 tulvavuoksi, hyökyaalto
  • (oceanography) A crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces.
 vuorovesiaalto
Wiktionary Links