west wind

English

Alternative forms

• westwind

Etymology

Inherited from Old English westwind, from Proto-West Germanic *westawind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛst wɪnd/

Noun

west wind (plural west winds)

1. A wind blowing from the west.

   Synonyms: westerly, zephyr

Coordinate terms

• north wind (northwind), south wind (southwind), east wind (eastwind)

Translations

wind from the west

• Italian: ponente (it) m
• Latin: favōnius m
• Ottoman Turkish: باتی (batı)
• Serbo-Croatian: zapadnjak (sh)