Dictionary

simoom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈmuːm/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• sĭmo͞omʹ (Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).

Meanings

1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
   • Indeed, every appearance warranted me in apprehending a Simoon [sic]. I told the captain my fears; but he paid no attention to what I said, and left me without deigning to give a reply. 1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle:
   • Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar. 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 101:
   • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

Forms

Translations (32)

es simún (hot, dry wind) · tg самум (hot, dry wind) · pt simum (hot, dry wind) · ms samum (hot, dry wind) · bg саму́м (hot, dry wind) · de Samum (hot, dry wind) · fi samum (hot, dry wind) · hu számum (hot, dry wind) · be саму́м (hot, dry wind) · mr समूम (hot, dry wind) · ur سَمُوم (hot, dry wind) · el σιμούν (hot, dry wind) · uk саму́м (hot, dry wind) · pl samum (hot, dry wind) · hy սամում (hot, dry wind) · eo samumo (hot, dry wind) · ka სამუმი (hot, dry wind) · sv samum (hot, dry wind) · et samuum (hot, dry wind) · it simun (hot, dry wind) · fa سموم (hot, dry wind) · ru саму́м (hot, dry wind) · fr simoun (hot, dry wind) · nl samoem (hot, dry wind) · hi समूम (hot, dry wind) · ja シムーン (hot, dry wind) · ar سَمُوم (hot, dry wind) · sl samum (hot, dry wind) · cmn 西蒙風 /西蒙风 (hot, dry wind) · az səmum (hot, dry wind) · uz samum (hot, dry wind) · eo simuno (hot, dry wind)