tailwind

English

Etymology

From tail + wind.

Noun

tailwind ‎(plural tailwinds)

1. (nautical) a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship

Antonyms

• headwind

Translations

a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship

• Finnish: myötätuuli (fi)
• French: vent en poupe m
• German: Rückenwind (de) m
• Italian: vento di coda
• Russian: попу́тный ве́тер m ‎(popútnyj véter)

• Spanish: viento en popa m
• Swedish: medvind (sv) c
• Turkish: pupa rüzgârı