zephyr

See also Zephyr

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zephuros, “westerly wind”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /zɛfə(ɹ)/ X-SAMPA: /zEf@(r)/
• (US) IPA: /zɛfɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛfə(ɹ)

Noun

zephyr (plural zephyrs)

1. a light wind from the west
2. any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 135:

     The dusk of evening came on, soft in its solemnity, and unoppressive even in its gloom, under the sweet sky and unmolested zephyr, casting its pleasant shadows along the edges of the grove.

3. any thing of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric

Translations

light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze

• Armenian: զեփյուռ (hy) (zep’yuṙ)

  Old Armenian: զեփիւռ (hy) (zepʿiwṙ)

• Czech: zefýr (cs) m
• Esperanto: zefiro (eo)
• Finnish: tuulenhenkäys
• French: zéphyr (fr) m
• Hebrew: צפריר (he) (tzafrir) m

• Hungarian: zefír (hu)
• Ido: zefiro (io)
• Italian: zefiro m, zeffiro m (less used)
• Latin: zephyrus (la) m
• Maori: kōtengitengi (mi)
• Polish: zefir (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian: зефир (sh) (zefir) m
• Spanish: céfiro m

thing of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric

• French: zéphyr (fr) m
• Hungarian: zefír (hu)

• Italian: zefir m, zefiro m (less used)

Synonyms

• westerly