crosswind

English

Alternative forms

• xwind (abbreviation)

Etymology

From cross- +‎ wind.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

crosswind (plural crosswinds)

1. 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

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