leeward

English

WOTD – 10 August 2012    

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Etymology

lee (“side away from the wind”) +‎ -ward (“direction”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'liːwɜ(ɹ)d/, (nautical) IPA: /'luːɜ(ɹ)d/

Adjective

leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward)

1. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind.

Antonyms

• windward

Derived terms

• Leeward Islands

Related terms

• leeway

Translations

Downwind

• Armenian: հողմահակառակ (hy) (hołmahakaṙak) 
• Catalan: sotavent (ca)
• Dutch: benedenwinds (nl), lijzijde (nl), lijwaarts (nl)
• Finnish: suojanpuoleinen
• German: leewärts (de)
• Italian: sottovento (it)

• Portuguese: sotavento (pt) m
• Russian: подветренный (ru) (podvétrennyj) 
• Spanish: sotavento (es)
• Swedish: lä (sv)
• Turkish: rüzgâraltı (tr)

Adverb

leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward)

1. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind.

Antonyms

• windward

Translations

Downwind

• Italian: sottovento (it)

• Jèrriais: bord du vent, souos l'vent