Wind

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 Related terms 1.1.4 See also 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.1.1 Homophones 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Pronunciation 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms

English

Noun

Pronunciation

• wĭnd, /wɪnd/, /wInd/

wind (uncountable and countable; plural: winds )

1. movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure
2. the ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.
3. (colloquial) flatulence

Translations

• Arabic: رّيح
• Breton: avel m -où pl
• Catalan: vent m
• Chinese: 风 (fēng), 呼吸
• Dutch: wind m (1,3)
• Esperanto: vento
•  : tuul
• Finnish: tuuli
• French: vent m
• German: Wind m (1)
• Indonesian: angin
• Italian: vento m
• Japanese: 風 (かぜ , kaze), 気流 (きりゅう , kiryū)
• Javanese: bayu
• Kurdish: ba
• Latin: ventus m
• Lithuanian: vėjas m
• Malay: pawana
• Nahuatl: ehecatl
• Norwegian: vind
• Polish: wiatr m
• Portuguese: vento m
• Russian: ветер
• Slovene: veter m
• Spanish: viento m
• Swahili: upepo
• Swedish: vind (1)

  རླུང་ (rlung)

• Turkish: rüzgâr

Related terms

• wind-break , windbreak ;
• wind-breaker ™, windbreaker ™
• wind-cheater , windcheater
• winding
• window
• windy
• windscreen
• windshield
• wind-swept , windswept
• downwind
• upwind
• pass wind
• second wind (2)

See also

• breeze
• cyclone
• gale
• gust
• hurricane
• storm
• tempest
• tornado
• twister
• typhoon
• zephyr

Verb

Pronunciation

• wīnd, /waɪnd/, /waInd/

Homophones

• whined , wined

wind (wound, wound)

1. turn coils of a cord around something such that the cord wraps around

Related terms

• winder
• wind down
• wind up

Translations

• Dutch: winden , wikkelen , wenden
• Estonian: kerima , mässima
• French: tourner , retourner ; (clock) remonter
• Indonesian: menyusuri
• Italian: avvolgere , arrotolare ; (clock) caricare
• Japanese: 沿う (そう, sou)
• Portuguese: enrolar ; (clock) dar corda a
• Slovene: naviti
• Swedish: vinda

Pronunciation

• wĭnd, /wɪnd/, /wInd/

wind

1. exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /wɪnd/

Noun

wind m (Plural: winden , diminutive: windje )

1. wind; movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure
2. flatulence
3. a fart

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA : /vɪnt/

Noun

Wind m (Plural Winde , diminutive: Windchen )

1. wind; movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure

Derived terms

• Windschatten