From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Nature, Meteorology, Geographymonsoonmon‧soon /mɒnˈsuːn $ mɑːn-/ noun [countable]1[usually singular]DNHEM the season, from about April to October, when it rains a lot in India and other southernAsian countries2DNHEMthe heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain► see thesaurus at rainExamples from the Corpusmonsoon• But trips home for Arizona firefighters this summerpromise to be as rare as a monsoon rain on Memorial Day.• During our interview, a monsoon rain was drenching his small, 1920s house in Sam Hughes.• Snow was falling as steadily as the apricotblossom in the first monsoonstorm.• This was the end of the wet season, and he sheltered in doorways from the brief storms of the northeastmonsoon.• The former is extremely sensitive to orbitalparameters, whereas the latterdepends greatly on the nature of monsoons.• But then, during the monsoon of 1661, she made her fatalmistake.• The monsoon rains broke early that year and with exceptionalforce.• No tropicalmonsoon could stop them.Originmonsoon(1500-1600) Early Dutchmonssoen, from Portuguesemonçao, from Arabicmawsim"time, season"