north wind

Language

See also: northwind

English

Alternative forms

northwind

Etymology

From Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#NORTHWIND Category:English terms derived from Old English#NORTHWIND norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adjective) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoɹθ wɪnd/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NORTHWIND
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːθ wɪnd/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#NORTHWIND
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#NORTHWIND

Noun

north wind (plural north winds)Category:English lemmas#NORTHWIND Category:English nouns#NORTHWIND Category:English countable nouns#NORTHWIND Category:English multiword terms#NORTHWIND Category:English entries with incorrect language header#NORTHWIND Category:Pages with entries#NORTH%20WIND Category:Pages with 1 entry#NORTH%20WIND

A wind blowing from the north.

Usage notes

North winds, taken collectively, are frequently treated as a single entity, with a definite article — the north wind, and even often personified as the North Wind.

Coordinate terms

south wind (southwind), east wind (eastwind), west wind (westwind), nor'easter, norther

Related terms

northerly

Translations

wind blowing from the north

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Ahtna: dełkʼaadziCategory:Terms with Ahtna translations#NORTHWIND
Albanian: veri (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#NORTHWIND, murrlan (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#NORTHWIND
Catalan: tramuntana (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#NORTHWIND
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北風 / 北风 (zh) (běifēng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#NORTH%20WIND Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#NORTHWIND
Czech:
Old Czech: pólnocitel mCategory:Terms with Old Czech translations#NORTHWIND
Dalmatian: bura fCategory:Terms with Dalmatian translations#NORTHWIND
Estonian: põhjatuul sgCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#NORTHWIND, põhjatuuled plCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#NORTHWIND
Finnish: pohjoistuuli (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#NORTHWIND
French: vent du nord (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#NORTHWIND, aquilon (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#NORTHWIND
Galician: norte (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#NORTHWIND, nortada fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#NORTHWIND
German:
Alemannic German: Biiswind mCategory:Terms with Alemannic German translations#NORTHWIND
Greek: βοριάς (el) m (voriás)Category:Terms with Greek translations#NORTHWIND
Greenlandic: avannaqCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#NORTHWIND
Hiligaynon: amihanCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#NORTHWIND
Hungarian: északi szélCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#NORTHWIND, tramontanaCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#NORTHWIND
Ilocano: amianCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#NORTHWIND
Irish: gaoth aduaidh fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#NORTHWIND
Italian: tramontana (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#NORTHWIND (specific)
Japanese: 北風 (ja) (kitakaze)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#NORTHWIND
Korean: 북풍(北風) (bukpung)Category:Terms with Korean translations#NORTHWIND
Latin: aquilō (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#NORTHWIND, septentriō (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#NORTHWIND
Latvian: sīvenis mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#NORTHWIND, ziemeļvējš mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#NORTHWIND
Lithuanian: šiaurys mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#NORTHWIND
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nordavind (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#NORTHWIND

Nynorsk: nordavind mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#NORTHWIND
Ojibwe: giiwedinCategory:Terms with Ojibwe translations#NORTHWIND
Persian: باد شمال (fa) (bâd-e šomâl)Category:Terms with Persian translations#NORTHWIND
Portuguese: nortada (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#NORTHWIND
Romanian: crivăț (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#NORTHWIND, acvilon (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#NORTHWIND
Russian: северный ветер m (severnyj veter)Category:Terms with Russian translations#NORTHWIND
Serbo-Croatian: severnjakCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#NORTHWIND
Spanish: cierzo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#NORTHWIND
Swahili: kaskaziCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#NORTHWIND, upepo wa kaskazini class u/uCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#NORTHWIND
Swedish: nordanvind (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#NORTHWIND
Tamil: வாடை (ta) (vāṭai)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#NORTHWIND, வடகாற்று (ta) (vaṭakāṟṟu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#NORTHWIND, வாடைக்காற்று (ta) (vāṭaikkāṟṟu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#NORTHWIND
Turkish: poyraz (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#NORTHWIND, yıldız yeli (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#NORTHWIND, yıldız rüzgârıCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#NORTHWIND, dağ yeliCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#NORTHWIND
Ottoman Turkish: شمال (şimal)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#NORTHWIND

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