trade wind

See also: trade-wind

English

Alternative forms

trade-wind

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪdˑwɪnd/

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

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 (zh), 信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 貿易風 (zh), 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: passzátszél
Interlingue: alisé
Italian: aliseo m

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

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