trade wind

See also: trade-wind

English

Alternative forms

• trade-wind, tradewind

Etymology

Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) +‎ wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪnd

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

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

   Synonym: easterly

   Antonym: westerly

   They rode the trade winds going west.

   • 2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365:

     During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.

Coordinate terms

• westerly

Derived terms

• antitrade wind

 

Translations

steady wind

• Catalan: vents alisis m pl, alisis m pl
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: pasát (cs) m
• Danish: passat c, passatvind c
• Dutch: passaat (nl) m
• Finnish: pasaatituuli (fi)
• French: alizé (fr) m, vent alizé m
• German: Passat m, Passatwind m
• Greek: αληγείς άνεμοι (el) m pl (aligeís ánemoi)
• Hebrew: רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר (he) f pl (rukhot hasakhar), רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר (he) f pl (rukhot hamiskhar), פָּסָטִים m pl (passatim)
• Hungarian: passzát (hu), passzátszél (hu)
• Irish: trádghaoth f
• Italian: aliseo (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: өкпе жел (ökpe jel)
• Korean: 무역풍 (ko) (muyeokpung)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: passat m, passatvind m

  Nynorsk: passat m, passatvind m

• Persian: باد بازرگانی (bâd-e bâzargâni)
• Polish: pasat (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: alisado (pt) m, aliseu m, alísio m
• Romanian: alizeu (ro) n
• Russian: пасса́т (ru) m (passát)
• Spanish: vientos alisios m pl

Further reading

• trade winds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia