"chinook" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɪˈnʊk/, /t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/ Forms: chinooks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊk, -uːk Etymology: Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|cea|c̓inúk|gloss=the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River}} Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinook (plural chinooks)
  1. (Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Wind Translations (the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains): chinook-tuuli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chinook-en-noun-whuhBfau Disambiguation of Wind: 53 47 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains': 96 4
  2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Categories (topical): Wind Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Translations (king salmon): kuningaslohi (Finnish), Königslachs [masculine] (German), salmão-real [masculine] (Portuguese), salmão-rei [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-chinook-en-noun-YoRQN8iA Disambiguation of Wind: 53 47 Disambiguation of Salmonids: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 54 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 64 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'king salmon': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: foehn

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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