fair wind

English

Noun

fair wind (plural fair winds)

1. (nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.

Antonyms

• foul wind

Translations

wind in the right direction

• Bulgarian: попътен вятър (popǎten vjatǎr)
• Finnish: myötätuuli (fi)
• French: vent favorable m
• Hebrew: רוּחַ נוֹחָה (he) f (ruakh nokha)
• Latin: ventus secundus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: medbør m

• Portuguese: vento de feição m
• Russian: попутный ветер (poputnyj veter)
• Swedish: medvind (sv) c

References

• Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, →ISBN, page 210.