west wind

English

Etymology

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

Noun

west wind (plural west winds)

1. A wind blowing from the west

   Synonyms: westerly, zephyr

Coordinate terms

• north wind, east wind, south wind

Translations

wind from the west

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