"crosswind" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹɑːs.wɪnd/ [US] Audio: En-us-crosswind.ogg [US] Forms: crosswinds [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + wind. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|wind}} cross- + wind Head templates: {{en-noun}} crosswind (plural crosswinds)
  1. A wind blowing across a line of travel. Wikipedia link: en:crosswind Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: xwind [abbreviation] Translations (crosswind): страничен вятър (straničen vjatǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sivutuuli (Finnish), vent latéral [masculine] (French), vento cruzado [masculine] (Galician), Seitenwind [masculine] (German), πλάγιος άνεμος (plágios ánemos) [masculine] (Greek), kuvetuuli (Ingrian), sidevind [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sidevind [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vento cruzado [masculine] (Portuguese), viento cruzado [masculine] (Spanish), sidvind [common-gender] (Swedish)

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