south wind

English

Etymology

From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊθ ˈwɪnd/

Noun

south wind (plural south winds)

1. A wind blowing from the south. [from 10th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].

   • 2010 December 10, Stephen Lee, The Guardian:

     Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk.

Alternative forms

• southwind

Coordinate terms

• north wind (northwind), east wind (eastwind), west wind (westwind)

Translations

wind blowing from the south

• Finnish: etelätuuli (fi)
• French: vent du sud
• Galician: ábrego (gl) m, vendaval (gl) m
• Irish: gaoth aneas f
• Japanese: 南風 (ja) (みなみかぜ, minamikaze)
• Kavalan: timuR
• Omaha-Ponca: á'a
• Portuguese: sulano m, sulvento m, vendaval (pt) m (archaic)
• Swahili: kusi (sw)
• Swedish: sunnanvind (sv)

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