"sirocco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/, /ʃɪˈɹɒkoʊ/ Forms: siroccos [plural]
Etymology: From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|scirocco||south-east wind}} Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sirocco (plural siroccos)
  1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: ghibli (alt: Libya) Translations (wind): رِيح شَلُوق (rīḥ šalūq) [feminine] (Arabic), xaloc [masculine] (Catalan), sirocco [masculine] (Dutch), siroko (Esperanto), širokko (Finnish), sirocco [masculine] (French), Scirocco [masculine] (German), Schirokko [masculine] (German), σιρόκος (sirókos) [masculine] (Greek), sirokkó (Hungarian), scirocco [masculine] (Italian), シロッコ (shirokko) (Japanese), xlokk [masculine] (Maltese), siròc [masculine] (Occitan), sirocco [neuter] (Polish), siroco [masculine] (Portuguese), xaroco [masculine] (Portuguese), сиро́кко (sirókko) [masculine] (Russian), jugo (Serbo-Croatian), siroco [masculine] (Spanish), sirocco (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sirocco-en-noun-0eOtGRsO Disambiguation of Wind: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 5 43 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 3 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'wind': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sirocco-en-noun--7QB8Zrn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sciroc, siroc [rare], scirocco

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.