crosswind

English

Alternative forms

xwind (abbreviation)

Etymology

From cross- +‎ wind.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

crosswind (plural crosswinds)

A wind blowing across a line of travel.

Translations

crosswind

Bulgarian: страничен вятър m (straničen vjatǎr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sivutuuli
French: vent latéral (fr) m
Galician: vento cruzado m
German: Seitenwind (de) m
Greek: πλάγιος άνεμος m (plágios ánemos)
Ingrian: kuvetuuli
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sidevind m

Nynorsk: sidevind m
Portuguese: vento cruzado m
Spanish: viento cruzado m
Swedish: sidvind (sv) c

Further reading

crosswind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

discrowns

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