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south wind en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaʊθ wɪnd/

Etymology

From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind.

Meanings

1. A wind blowing from the south.
   • The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
   • Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk. 2010 December 10, Stephen Lee, The Guardian:

Forms

Coordinates

east wind · north wind · west wind

Translations (19)

gl ábrego (wind blowing from the south) · fr vent du sud (wind blowing from the south) · ja 南風 (wind blowing from the south) · ta தென்றல் (wind blowing from the south) · sv sunnanvind (wind blowing from the south) · de Südwind (wind blowing from the south) · pdt Siedwint (wind blowing from the south) · ga gaoth aneas (wind blowing from the south) · pt sulano (wind blowing from the south) · is sunnanátt (wind blowing from the south) · pt vendaval (wind blowing from the south) · fj ceva (wind blowing from the south) · gl vendaval (wind blowing from the south) · oma á'a (wind blowing from the south) · fi etelätuuli (wind blowing from the south) · ckv timuR (wind blowing from the south) · pt sulvento (wind blowing from the south) · ast ábrigu (wind blowing from the south) · sw kusi (wind blowing from the south)