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trade wind en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

westerly

Coordinates

westerly

Deriveds

antitrade wind

Synonyms

easterly

Translations (44)

hu passzát (steady wind) · pt alisado (steady wind) · cs pasát (steady wind) · vi gió mậu dịch (steady wind) · kk өкпе жел (steady wind) · de Passatwind (steady wind) · fr alizé (steady wind) · it aliseo (steady wind) · nn passat (steady wind) · fi pasaatituuli (steady wind) · cmn 貿易風 /贸易风 (steady wind) · he רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר (steady wind) · lt pasãtas (steady wind) · da passatvind (steady wind) · lv pasāts (steady wind) · ro alizeu (steady wind) · ca alisis (steady wind) · fa باد بازرگانی (steady wind) · pt aliseu (steady wind) · nn passatvind (steady wind) · ko 무역풍 (steady wind) · ja 貿易風 (steady wind) · nb passat (steady wind) · cmn 信風 /信风 (steady wind) · nb passatvind (steady wind) · he רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר (steady wind) · he פָּסָטִים (steady wind) · da passat (steady wind) · pl pasat (steady wind) · de Passat (steady wind) · nl passaat (steady wind) · el αληγείς άνεμοι (steady wind) · id pasat (steady wind) · vi gió tín phong (steady wind) · or ଟ୍ରେଡ଼୍ ଉଇଣ୍ଡ (steady wind) · ru пасса́т (steady wind) · hu passzátszél (steady wind) · id angin pasat (steady wind) · pt alísio (steady wind) · ga trádghaoth (steady wind) · es alisios (steady wind) · fr vent alizé (steady wind) · es vientos alisios (steady wind) · ca vents alisis (steady wind)