"westerly" meaning in All languages combined

See westerly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/ [UK], /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-westerley.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-westerly.wav Forms: more westerly [comparative], most westerly [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)
  1. Facing the west; directed towards the west.
    Sense id: en-westerly-en-adj-H3G59jV8
  2. Located towards or in the west.
    Sense id: en-westerly-en-adj-56ewnoHS
  3. (of wind) Coming from the west. Translations (to/from the west): западен (zapaden) (Bulgarian), vestlig (Danish), okcidenta (Esperanto), დასავლეთის (dasavletis) (Georgian), დასავლეთით (dasavletit) (Georgian), დასავლეთისკენ (dasavletisḳen) (Georgian), დასავლეთიდან (dasavletidan) (Georgian), westlich (German), occidentale (Italian), occidentālis [feminine, masculine] (Latin), occidentāle [neuter] (Latin), за́падный (západnyj) [masculine] (Russian), västlig (Swedish), за́хідний (záxidnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ponent, westly Related terms (wind): wester
Disambiguation of 'wind': 0 0 0

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/ [UK], /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-westerley.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-westerly.wav Forms: more westerly [comparative], most westerly [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)
  1. Towards the west.
    Sense id: en-westerly-en-adv-Wg6o5QOf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: westly

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/ [UK], /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-westerley.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-westerly.wav Forms: westerlies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} westerly (plural westerlies)
  1. A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west. Categories (topical): Weather, Wind Synonyms: zephyr Derived forms: north-westerly, northwesterly, south-westerly, southwesterly Translations (wind blowing from the west): западен вятър (zapaden vjatǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vestenvind [common-gender] (Danish), დასავლეთის ქარი (dasavletis kari) (Georgian), Westwind [masculine] (German), hauārahi (Maori), vestavind [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vestavind [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), باتی (batı) (Ottoman Turkish), за́падный ве́тер (západnyj véter) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-westerly-en-noun-94u9c7eu Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Wind: 0 7 37 0 56

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to/from the west",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to/from the west",
      "word": "occidentale"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to/from the west",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to/from the west",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "západnyj",
      "sense": "to/from the west",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to/from the west",
      "word": "västlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záxidnyj",
      "sense": "to/from the west",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́хідний"
    }
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}

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        "Towards the west."
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    {
      "word": "northwesterly"
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    {
      "word": "south-westerly"
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      "word": "southwesterly"
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:",
          "text": "A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.",
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      "word": "zephyr"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapaden vjatǎr",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "западен вятър"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vestenvind"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dasavletis kari",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "word": "დასავლეთის ქარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Westwind"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "word": "hauārahi"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "batı",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "word": "باتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "západnyj véter",
      "sense": "wind blowing from the west",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "за́падный ве́тер"
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