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A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: duststorm, duster (broadly synonymous), haboob
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: duststorm, duster[Appendix:Glossary, haboob
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: storm
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it was the kind of duster not experienced in years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dust storm, duster, sirocco
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: windstorm
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
sandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Arabic :
عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة
(ʕāṣifa ramliyya)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Armenian :
ավազի փոթորիկ
(avazi pʻotʻorik)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Azerbaijani :
qum fırtınası
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Belarusian :
пясча́ная бу́ра
(pjasčánaja búra)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Belarusian :
пяшча́ная бу́ра
(pjaščánaja búra)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Belarusian :
пясча́ная нава́льніца
(pjasčánaja naválʹnica)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Bulgarian :
пя́съчна бу́ря
(pjásǎčna búrja)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Burmese :
သဲမုန်တိုင်း
(sai:muntuing:)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Chinese Mandarin :
沙塵暴 /沙尘暴
(shāchénbào)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Czech :
písečná bouře
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Danish :
sandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Dutch :
zandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Esperanto :
sabloŝtormo
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Estonian :
liivatorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Finnish :
hiekkamyrsky
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
French :
tempête de sable
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Galician :
tormenta de po
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
German :
Sandsturm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Greek :
αμμοθύελλα
(ammothýella)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Hungarian :
homokvihar
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Icelandic :
sandstormur
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Icelandic :
sandbylur
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Indonesian :
badai pasir
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Italian :
tempesta di sabbia
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Japanese :
砂嵐
(sunaarashi)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Kazakh :
шаңды дауыл
(şañdy dauyl)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Korean :
모래폭풍
(moraepokpung)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Lithuanian :
smėlio audra
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Macedonian :
песочна бура
(pesočna bura)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Malay :
ribut pasir
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Māori :
marangai kirikiri
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Māori :
āwhā onepū
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Navajo :
łeezh bił hááyol
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Norwegian Bokmål :
sandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Norwegian Nynorsk :
sandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Polish :
burza piaskowa
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Polish :
burza pyłowa
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Portuguese :
tempestade de areia
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Romanian :
furtună de nisip
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Russian :
песча́ная бу́ря
(pesčánaja búrja)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
пустињска олуја
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
пешчана олуја
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
пјешчана олуја
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
pustinjska oluja
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
peščana oluja
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Serbo-Croatian :
pješčana oluja
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Slovak :
piesočná búrka
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Slovene :
peščeni vihar
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Spanish :
tormenta de arena
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Swedish :
sandstorm
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Tajik :
хокбод
(xokbod)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Turkish :
kum fırtınası
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Ukrainian :
піща́на бу́ря
(piščána búrja)
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Vietnamese :
bão cát
— strong wind carrying clouds of sand