trade wind

trade wind

See also: trade-wind

English

Alternative forms

• trade-wind, tradewind

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

1. A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.

   Synonym: easterly

   Antonym: westerly

   They rode the trade winds going west.

   • 2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365:

     During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.

Translations

steady wind

Catalan: vents alisis m pl, alisis m pl Chinese: Mandarin: 信風／信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 貿易風／贸易风 (zh) (màoyìfēng) Czech: pasát (cs) m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: passaat (nl) m Finnish: pasaatituuli (fi) French: alizé (fr) m, vent alizé m German: Passat m, Passatwind m Greek: αληγείς άνεμοι (el) m pl (aligeís ánemoi) Hebrew: רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר‎ (he) f pl (rukhot hasakha), רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר‎ (he) f pl (rukhot hamiskhar), פָּסָטִים‎ m pl (passatim) Hungarian: passzát (hu), passzátszél Italian: aliseo (it) m Kazakh: өкпе жел (ökpe jel) Korean: 무역풍 (ko) (muyeokpung) Norwegian: Bokmål: passat m, passatvind m Nynorsk: passat m, passatvind m Persian: باد بازرگانی‎ (bad-e-bazargani) Polish: pasat (pl) m inan Portuguese: alisado m, aliseu m, alísio m Romanian: alizeu (ro) n Russian: пасса́т (ru) m (passát) Spanish: vientos alisios m pl

Further reading

• trade winds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia