Dictionary

sirocco en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
• /ʃɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

Meanings

1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
   • Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns. 1888, Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist 1:
   • But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp. 1814, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Corsair, i:14:
2. (colloquial) A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
   • In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle. 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, →ISBN, page 113:

Forms

Deriveds

siroccoish

Synonyms

ghibli

Translations (22)

fr sirocco (wind) · ru сиро́кко (wind) · pt xaroco (wind) · ar رِيح شَلُوق (wind) · de Scirocco (wind) · es jaloque (wind) · ca xaloc (wind) · sh jugo (wind) · pl sirocco (wind) · pt siroco (wind) · ja シロッコ (wind) · hu sirokkó (wind) · el σιρόκος (wind) · nl sirocco (wind) · oc siròc (wind) · es siroco (wind) · de Schirokko (wind) · eo siroko (wind) · it scirocco (wind) · fi širokko (wind) · sv sirocco (wind) · mt xlokk (wind)