north wind

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• US: /ˈnoɹθ wɪnd/
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From Old English norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adjective) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: dełkʼaadzi — wind blowing from the north
• Albanian: veri — wind blowing from the north
• Albanian: murrlan — wind blowing from the north
• Catalan: tramuntana — wind blowing from the north
• Chinese Mandarin: 北風 /北风 (běifēng) — wind blowing from the north
• Old Czech: pólnocitel — wind blowing from the north
• Dalmatian: bura — wind blowing from the north
• Estonian: põhjatuul — wind blowing from the north
• Estonian: põhjatuuled — wind blowing from the north
• Finnish: pohjoistuuli — wind blowing from the north
• French: vent du nord — wind blowing from the north
• French: aquilon — wind blowing from the north
• Galician: norte — wind blowing from the north
• Galician: nortada — wind blowing from the north
• German: Biiswind — wind blowing from the north
• Greek: βοριάς (voriás) — wind blowing from the north
• Greenlandic: avannaq — wind blowing from the north
• Hiligaynon: amihan — wind blowing from the north
• Hungarian: északi szél — wind blowing from the north
• Hungarian: tramontana — wind blowing from the north
• Ilocano: amian — wind blowing from the north
• Irish: gaoth aduaidh — wind blowing from the north
• Italian: tramontana — wind blowing from the north
• Japanese: 北風 (kitakaze) — wind blowing from the north
• Korean: 북풍 (bukpung) — wind blowing from the north
• Latin: aquilō — wind blowing from the north
• Latin: septentriō — wind blowing from the north
• Latvian: sīvenis — wind blowing from the north
• Latvian: ziemeļvējš — wind blowing from the north
• Lithuanian: šiaurys — wind blowing from the north
• Norwegian Bokmål: nordavind — wind blowing from the north
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nordavind — wind blowing from the north
• Ojibwe: giiwedin — wind blowing from the north
• Persian: باد شمال (bâd-e šomâl) — wind blowing from the north
• Portuguese: nortada — wind blowing from the north
• Romanian: crivăț — wind blowing from the north
• Romanian: acvilon — wind blowing from the north
• Russian: северный ветер (severnyj veter) — wind blowing from the north
• Serbo-Croatian: severnjak — wind blowing from the north
• Spanish: cierzo — wind blowing from the north
• Swahili: kaskazi — wind blowing from the north
• Swahili: upepo wa kaskazini — wind blowing from the north
• Swedish: nordanvind — wind blowing from the north
• Tamil: வாடை (vāṭai) — wind blowing from the north
• Tamil: வடகாற்று (vaṭakāṟṟu) — wind blowing from the north
• Tamil: வாடைக்காற்று (vāṭaikkāṟṟu) — wind blowing from the north
• Turkish: poyraz — wind blowing from the north
• Turkish: yıldız yeli — wind blowing from the north
• Turkish: yıldız rüzgârı — wind blowing from the north
• Turkish: dağ yeli — wind blowing from the north
• Ottoman Turkish: شمال (şimal) — wind blowing from the north