"foehn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɜːn/ [UK], /feɪn/ [UK], /fɝn/ [US], /feɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foehn.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foehns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜːn, -eɪn, -ɜː(ɹ)n Etymology: Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Föhn}} German Föhn, {{der|en|goh|phonno}} Old High German phonno, {{der|en|VL.|faōnius}} Vulgar Latin faōnius, {{der|en|la|favōnius||west wind}} Latin favōnius (“west wind”), {{m|la|Favōnius||Roman wind god}} Favōnius (“Roman wind god”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} foehn (plural foehns)
  1. A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. Categories (topical): Wind Translations (warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps): 火燒風 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 火烧风 (hóe-sio-hong/hé-sio-hong) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 焚風 (Chinese Mandarin), 焚风 (fénfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), fén [masculine] (Czech), føn [common-gender] (Danish), föhn [masculine] (Dutch), föhnwind [masculine] (Dutch), föhn-tuuli (Finnish), föhn (Finnish), foehn [masculine] (French), Föhn [masculine] (German), Föön [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), nunasarneq (Greenlandic), főn (Hungarian), föhn [masculine] (Italian), føn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fønvind [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), føn [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fønvind [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fen [masculine] (Polish), фён (fjon) [masculine] (Russian), gió phơn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-foehn-en-noun-aOl1py88 Disambiguation of Wind: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'warm dry wind blowing down the northern sides of the Alps': 88 12
  2. (meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Wind Translations (any similar wind): fén [masculine] (Czech), føn [common-gender] (Danish), föhn-tuuli (Finnish), φόεν (fóen) [masculine] (Greek), főn (Hungarian), föhn [masculine] (Italian), fen [masculine] (Polish), фён (fjon) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-foehn-en-noun-R1B8Fd1c Disambiguation of Wind: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'any similar wind': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foen, föhn, fohn Related terms: chinook

Noun [French]

IPA: /føn/ Forms: foehns [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Föhn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|de|Föhn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German Föhn, {{bor+|fr|de|Föhn}} Borrowed from German Föhn Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} foehn m (plural foehns)
  1. (meteorology) foehn Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-foehn-fr-noun-eFI9TcbI Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (Switzerland, Alsace) hairdryer Tags: Alsace, Switzerland, masculine Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-foehn-fr-noun-LQ-QM02r Disambiguation of Hair: 32 68 Categories (other): Alsatian French, Swiss French, French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foehner

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French foehn or German Föhn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|foehn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French foehn, {{bor+|ro|fr|foehn}} Borrowed from French foehn, {{bor|ro|de|Föhn}} German Föhn Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|foehnuri}} foehn n (plural foehnuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=foehnurilor|gpi=foehnuri|gsd=foehnului|gsi=foehn|n=|npd=foehnurile|npi=foehnuri|nsd=foehnul|nsi=foehn|vp=foehnurilor|vs=foehnule|vs2=}} Forms: foehnuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foehn [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un foehn [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], foehnul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], foehnuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște foehnuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], foehnurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], foehn [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui foehn [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], foehnului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], foehnuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor foehnuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], foehnurilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], foehnule [singular, vocative], foehnurilor [plural, vocative]
  1. hairdryer Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-foehn-ro-noun-LQ-QM02r Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Alsatian French",
        "Swiss French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hairdryer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairdryer",
          "hairdryer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Switzerland, Alsace) hairdryer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Alsace",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "foehn"
}

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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "2": "fr",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "de",
        "3": "Föhn"
      },
      "expansion": "German Föhn",
      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foehnuri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "un foehn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehnul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niște foehnuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehnurile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unui foehn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehnului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehnuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unor foehnuri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foehnurilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from German",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hairdryer"
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          "hairdryer"
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  ],
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}

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