north wind

See also: northwind

English

Alternative forms

• northwind

Etymology

Old English norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adverb) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind.

Noun

north wind (plural north winds)

1. A wind blowing from the north.

Usage notes

• North winds, taken collectively, are frequently treated as a single entity, with a definite article — the north wind, and even often personified as the North Wind.

Coordinate terms

• east wind, south wind, west wind, nor'easter, norther

Related terms

• northerly

Translations

wind blowing from the north

• Albanian: veri (sq) m, murrlan (sq) m
• Catalan: tramuntana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北風／北风 (zh) (běifēng)

• Dalmatian: bura f
• Finnish: pohjoistuuli (fi)
• French: vent du nord (fr) m, aquilon (fr)
• Galician: norte (gl) m, nortada f
• German:

  Alemannic German: Biiswind m

• Greek: βοριάς (el) m (voriás)
• Greenlandic: avannaq
• Hiligaynon: amihan
• Ilocano: amian
• Italian: tramontana (it) f (specific)
• Irish: gaoth aduaidh f
• Japanese: 北風 (ja) (kitakaze)
• Korean: 북풍(北風) (bukpung)
• Latin: aquilō (la), septentriō (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordavind (no) m

  Nynorsk: nordavind m

• Ojibwe: giiwedin
• Portuguese: nortada (pt) f
• Romanian: crivăț (ro) n, acvilon (ro)
• Spanish: cierzo (es) m
• Swahili: kaskazi, upepo wa kaskazini class u/u
• Swedish: nordanvind (sv)