trade wind

See also: trade-wind

English

Alternative forms

• trade-wind

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪdˑwɪnd/

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

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

   They rode the trade winds going west.

Synonyms

• easterly

Antonyms

• westerly

Translations

steady wind

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信風／信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 貿易風／贸易风 (zh) (màoyìfēng), 贸易风 (zh) (màoyìfēng)

• Czech: pasát (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pasaatituuli (fi)
• French: alizé (fr) m, vent alizé m
• German: Passat m, Passatwind m
• Hungarian: passzát (hu), passzátszél
• Interlingue:
• Italian: aliseo m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: passat m, passatvind m

  Nynorsk: passat m, passatvind m

• Persian: باد بازرگانی (bad-e-bazargani)
• Polish: pasat (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: alisados m pl, aliseus m pl
• Romanian: alizeu (ro) n
• Russian: пасса́т (ru) m (passát)
• Spanish: vientos alisios m pl