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trade wind

/ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/

trade wind noun: a steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.

Noun

trade wind (plural trade winds)

  1. A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
    • They rode the trade winds going west.
    • During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365
    Synonyms:
    easterly
    Antonyms:
    westerly

trade wind meaning in Tamil, Odia, Indonesian and Persian

trade wind in Tamil

தடக் காற்று, தடக்காற்று, வணிகக் காற்று

trade wind in Odia

steady wind
ଟ୍ରେଡ଼୍ ଉଇଣ୍ଡ ṭreṛ uiṇḍa

trade wind in Indonesian

steady wind
angin pasat, pasat

trade wind in Persian

steady wind
باد بازرگانی bâd-e bâzargâni
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trade wind in Vietnamese
gió mậu dịch, gió tín phong

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Forms of trade wind

pluraltrade winds
alternative formtrade-wind
alternative formtradewind

Origin of trade wind

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.

Words formed from trade wind

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Questions about trade wind

What does trade wind mean?
Trade wind means a steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
What is trade wind in Tamil?
Trade wind in Tamil is தடக் காற்று, தடக்காற்று, வணிகக் காற்று. See Trade wind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trade wind?
Trade wind is a noun.
How do you pronounce trade wind?
Trade wind is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪd ˈwɪnd/.
What is the plural of trade wind?
The plural of trade wind is trade winds.

Words near trade wind in the dictionary

  1. trade unionists
  2. trade unions
  3. trade up
  4. trade war
  5. trade wars
  6. trade wind
  7. trade winds
  8. trade work
  9. trade worker
  10. trade-in
  11. trade-ins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trade wind (page history and authors); trade wind (Tamil 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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