foehn
English
/fɜːn/, /fɝn/
noun
Definitions
- A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
- (meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Föhn (foehn, hair dryer) derived from Old High German phonno derived from Latin faōnius, favōnius (west wind).
Origin
Latin
favōnius
Gloss
west wind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- föhn Finnish
- *faōnius Latin
- faonius Latin
- favōnius Latin
- faōnius Latin
- Föhn German
- főn Hungarian
- favonio Italian
- fogno Italian
- föhn Italian
- föhn Dutch, Flemish
- foehn French
- фен Russian
- føn Norwegian Bokmål
- fön Swedish
- føn Danish
- fen Serbo-Croatian
- phonno Old High German
- fén Slovak
- föhn Slovak
- fön Slovak
- abbafaogno Neapolitan
- bafagna Neapolitan