gust

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Of Old Norse origin, from Gustav.

Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

From Middle English gust, guste, from Latin gustus (“taste”) and Old French gust, goust.

From Middle English gusten (“to taste, have a taste for”), from the noun (see above).

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: bolada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Belarusian: імпэт (impet) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Bulgarian: порив (poriv) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Catalan: ratxa — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Czech: poryv — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Danish: vindstød — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Dutch: vlaag — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Dutch: windvlaag — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Dutch: rukwind — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Dutch: windstoot — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Esperanto: ventopuŝo — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Finnish: puuska — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Finnish: tuulenpuuska — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• French: souffle — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• French: coup de vent — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• French: bourrasque — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• French: rafale — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• North Frisian: flååge — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: refacho — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: lufada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: lufa — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: refolada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: saluada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Galician: raxada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• German: Bö — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Ancient Greek: καταιγίς (kataigís) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Hebrew: מַשָּב (masháv) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Hindi: झोंका (jhõkā) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Hungarian: széllökés — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Icelandic: gustur — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Icelandic: vindhviða — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Indonesian: hembusan — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Ingrian: vihura — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Italian: folata — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Italian: ventata — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Italian: raffica — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Italian: turbinio — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Latin: flabrum — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Māori: pōpōhau — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Māori: pūrekereke — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Māori: pararā — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Māori: apu — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Māori: uruhanga — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Norman: rafale — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Norwegian Bokmål: vindkast — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vindkast — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Pashto: سيلۍ — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Polish: poryw — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: ventania — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: rabanada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: rajada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: lufada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: lufa — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Portuguese: pé de vento — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Russian: поры́в (porýv) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Scottish Gaelic: plathadh — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Spanish: ráfaga — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Spanish: racha — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Spanish: volada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Spanish: ventolera — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Spanish: fugada — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Swedish: by — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Walloon: houfêye — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Walloon: såte di vint — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Yiddish: ווייע (veye) — strong, abrupt rush of wind
• Bulgarian: пристъп (pristǎp) — any rush or outburst
• Czech: nával — any rush or outburst
• Finnish: ryöppy — any rush or outburst
• Hindi: आवेश (āveś) — any rush or outburst
• Indonesian: hembus — any rush or outburst
• Italian: folata — any rush or outburst
• Italian: tùrbine — any rush or outburst
• Italian: turbinio — any rush or outburst
• Polish: zryw — any rush or outburst
• Russian: поры́в (porýv) — any rush or outburst
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — any rush or outburst
• Spanish: ramalazo — any rush or outburst
• Czech: dout v poryvech — to blow in gusts
• Czech: vanout v poryvech — to blow in gusts
• Old Czech: dúti — to blow in gusts
• Finnish: tuulla puuskittaisesti — to blow in gusts
• Galician: apouvigar — to blow in gusts
• Indonesian: berhembus — to blow in gusts
• Italian: turbinare — to blow in gusts