sirocco
English
Alternative forms
- sciroc, siroc (rare)
- scirocco
Etymology
From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/, /ʃɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
Noun
sirocco (plural siroccos)
- A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- Synonym: ghibli (Libya)
- 1888, Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist 1
- This tolerance and largeur of the heart that ‘forgives’ everything because it ‘understands’ everything, is sirocco for us.
- 1814 George Gordon, Lord Byron, Corsair, i:14
- But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.
- A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
- (colloquial) 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, →ISBN, page 113:
- 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.
- (colloquial) 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, →ISBN, page 113:
Translations
wind
|
References
- 1896 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, vol 4 p 4286
Further reading
sirocco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scirocco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsiˈrɔ.koː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: si‧roc‧co
- Rhymes: -ɔkoː
Noun
sirocco m (plural sirocco's)
- sirocco (wind on the Mediterranean originating from North Africa)
- (rare, dated) kiln
- Synonym: droogoven
French
Alternative forms
- siroc (archaic)
Etymology
From Italian scirocco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ʁɔ.ko/
Audio (file)
Noun
sirocco m (plural siroccos)
- (literally and figurative) sirocco
- 1976, Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics and music), “Chez Max coiffeur pour hommes”, in L’homme à tête de chou:
- Puis sous le sirocco du séchoir / Dans mes cheveux / La petite garce laisse choir : / "Je veux"
- Then under the sirocco of the dryer / Into my hair / The little lass let drop [the words] / "I want [you]"
-
Further reading
- “sirocco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.