noun
Meaning 1
A strong wind blowing from the southwest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
southwester
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rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A waterproof hat, often of oilskin and with a long brim at the back covering the neck, designed to repel wind and rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: more often sou'wester
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cape ann
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A long raincoat, often worn at sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: more often sou'wester
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a strong wind from the southwest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sou'wester
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
History
Etymology
From southwest + -er.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lounaistuuli — wind
- French: suroît — wind
- Māori: awanga — wind
- Māori: tāmāuru — wind
- Russian: зюйд-вест (zjujd-vest) — wind
- Danish: sydvest — waterproof hat
- Dutch: zuidwester — waterproof hat
- Esperanto: ŝtormoĉapelo — waterproof hat
- Finnish: sydvesti — waterproof hat
- Finnish: syydvesti — waterproof hat
- French: suroît — waterproof hat
- German: Südwester — waterproof hat
- Hungarian: viharkalap — waterproof hat
- Irish: hata bádóra — waterproof hat
- Irish: hata cúil — waterproof hat
- Lithuanian: aulaukė — waterproof hat
- Norwegian Bokmål: sydvest — waterproof hat
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sydvest — waterproof hat
- Polish: zydwestka — waterproof hat
- Portuguese: sueste — waterproof hat
- Russian: зюйдве́стка (zjujdvéstka) — waterproof hat
- Swedish: sydväst — waterproof hat
- Ukrainian: зюйдвестка (zjujdvestka) — waterproof hat