trade wind

See also: trade-wind

English

Alternative forms

trade-wind, tradewind

Etymology

Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) +‎ wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪnd

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
Synonym: easterly

Antonym: westerly

They rode the trade winds going west.
- 2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365:
  During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.

Coordinate terms

westerly

Derived terms

antitrade wind

Translations

steady wind

Catalan: vents alisis m pl, alisis m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信風 / 信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 貿易風 / 贸易风 (zh) (màoyìfēng)
Czech: pasát (cs) m
Danish: passat c, passatvind c
Dutch: passaat (nl) m
Finnish: pasaatituuli (fi)
French: alizé (fr) m, vent alizé m
German: Passat m, Passatwind m
Greek: αληγείς άνεμοι (el) m pl (aligeís ánemoi)
Hebrew: רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר (he) f pl (rukhot hasakhar), רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר (he) f pl (rukhot hamiskhar), פָּסָטִים m pl (passatim)
Hungarian: passzát (hu), passzátszél (hu)
Irish: trádghaoth f
Italian: aliseo (it) m
Japanese: 貿易風 (ja) (bōekifū)
Kazakh: өкпе жел (ökpe jel)
Korean: 무역풍 (ko) (muyeokpung)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: passat m, passatvind m

Nynorsk: passat m, passatvind m
Odia: ଟ୍ରେଡ଼୍ ଉଇଣ୍ଡ (or) (ṭreṛ uiṇḍa)
Persian: باد بازرگانی (bâd-e bâzargâni)
Polish: pasat (pl) m inan
Portuguese: alisado (pt) m, aliseu m, alísio m
Romanian: alizeu (ro) n
Russian: пасса́т (ru) m (passát)
Spanish: vientos alisios m pl (DLE), alisios (es) m pl
Vietnamese: gió mậu dịch, gió tín phong