noun
Meaning 1
A wind blowing from the west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: westerly, zephyr
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
west wind
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/ˈwɛst wɪnd/
noun
Meaning 2
wind that blows from west to east
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wester
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
Narrower terms: prevailing westerly, westerly
History
Etymology
Inherited from Old English westwind, from Proto-West Germanic *westawind.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hindi: पछुआ (pachuā) — wind from the west
- Hindi: पछिया (pachiyā) — wind from the west
- Italian: ponente — wind from the west
- Latin: favōnius — wind from the west
- Serbo-Croatian: zapadnjak — wind from the west
- Ottoman Turkish: باتی (batı) — wind from the west