chinook en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- chĭ-noo͝k′
- /ʃɪˈnʊk/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/
- shĭ-noo͝k′
Etymology
Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).
Meanings
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(Canada, US) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
Bije was a grim man, lean and hard as jerked buffalo beef,with hair and beard the colour of melting snow in a chinook.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 107:
- The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chinooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (7)
pt salmão-rei (king salmon) · es viento cálido (the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains) · de Königslachs (king salmon) · fi kuningaslohi (king salmon) · pt salmão-real (king salmon) · fi chinook-tuuli (the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains) · es salmon real (king salmon)