"fair wind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fair winds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fair wind (plural fair winds)
  1. (nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical, Wind Translations (wind in the right direction): попътен вятър (popǎten vjatǎr) (Bulgarian), myötätuuli (Finnish), vent favorable [masculine] (French), רוּחַ נוֹחָה (ruakh nokha) [feminine] (Hebrew), ventus secundus (Latin), medbør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vento de feição [masculine] (Portuguese), попутный ветер (poputnyj veter) (Russian), medvind [common-gender] (Swedish)

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