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favonian

/fəˈvəʊnɪən/

favonian adjective: pertaining to the west wind.

Adjective

favonian (comparative more favonian, superlative most favonian)

  1. Pertaining to the west wind.
  2. (broadly) Mild, gentle.

favonian meaning in Tamil and Bengali

favonian in Tamil

மென்மையான

favonian in Bengali

পশ্চিমী বাতাস সম্পর্কিত, মৃদু, শান্ত

Forms of favonian

comparativemore favonian
superlativemost favonian

Origin of favonian

Borrowed from Latin favōniānus, from Favōnius (“the West Wind”), which heralded the beginning of spring.

Words that rhyme with favonian

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Questions about favonian

What does favonian mean?
Favonian means pertaining to the west wind.
What is favonian in Tamil?
Favonian in Tamil is மென்மையான. See Favonian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is favonian?
Favonian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce favonian?
Favonian is pronounced /fəˈvəʊnɪən/.

Words near favonian in the dictionary

  1. faving
  2. favipiravir
  3. favism
  4. favo
  5. favomancy
  6. favonian
  7. Favonius
  8. favoprotein
  9. favor
  10. favor bank
  11. favor'd

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: favonian (page history and authors); favonian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); favonian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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