Meanings
plural south winds · alternative southwind
- A wind blowing from the south.First known use 10th c.
Snow-melting south winds and rain below 2,400m have marred much of the fantastic early-season base and created off-piste avalanche risk.
2010 December 10, Stephen Lee, The Guardian1 more example
The watry Southwinde, from the seabord coste / Upblowing, doth disperse the vapour lo'ste, / And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsuþwind
- Englishsouth wind
From Old English suþwind, corresponding to south + wind.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish etelätuuli
- etelätuuliwind blowing from the south
French vent du sud
- vent du sudwind blowing from the south
German Südwind
- Südwindwind blowing from the south
Icelandic sunnanátt
- sunnanáttwind blowing from the south
Irish gaoth aneas
- gaoth aneaswind blowing from the south
Japanese 南風
- 南風 (minamikaze)wind blowing from the south
Portuguese sulano, sulvento
- sulanowind blowing from the south
- sulventowind blowing from the south
- vendavalwind blowing from the south
Swahili kusi
- kusiwind blowing from the south
Swedish sunnanvind
- sunnanvindwind blowing from the south
Tamil தென்றல்
- தென்றல் (teṉṟal)wind blowing from the south
Cite this entry
south wind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/south%20wind
“south wind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/south%20wind. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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