Meanings
plural trade winds · alternative trade-wind · alternative tradewind
- A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
They rode the trade winds going west.
1 more example
During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.
2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsteady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Compound of trade (“course, path (of running)”, from 14th c.) + wind, because of their consistent linear direction. Associations with transatlantic trade are a later folk etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan vents alisis, alisis
- vents alisissteady wind
- alisissteady wind
Chinese Mandarin 信風 /信风, 貿易風 /贸易风
- 信風 /信风 (xìnfēng)steady wind
- 貿易風 /贸易风 (màoyìfēng)steady wind
Czech pasát
- pasátsteady wind
Danish passat, passatvind
- passatsteady wind
- passatvindsteady wind
Dutch passaat
- passaatsteady wind
Finnish pasaatituuli
- pasaatituulisteady wind
French alizé, vent alizé
- alizésteady wind
- vent alizésteady wind
German Passat, Passatwind
- Passatsteady wind
- Passatwindsteady wind
Greek αληγείς άνεμοι
- αληγείς άνεμοι (aligeís ánemoi)steady wind
Hebrew רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר, רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר
- רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר (rukhot hasakhar)steady wind
- רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר (rukhot hamiskhar)steady wind
- פָּסָטִים (passatim)steady wind
Hungarian passzát, passzátszél
- passzátsteady wind
- passzátszélsteady wind
Indonesian angin pasat, pasat
- angin pasatsteady wind
- pasatsteady wind
Irish trádghaoth
- trádghaothsteady wind
Italian aliseo
- aliseosteady wind
Japanese 貿易風
- 貿易風 (bōekifū)steady wind
Korean 무역풍
- 무역풍 (muyeokpung)steady wind
Latvian pasāts
- pasātssteady wind
Lithuanian pasãtas
- pasãtassteady wind
Norwegian Bokmål passat, passatvind
- passatsteady wind
- passatvindsteady wind
Persian باد بازرگانی
- باد بازرگانی (bâd-e bâzargâni)steady wind
Polish pasat
- pasatsteady wind
Portuguese alisado, aliseu
- alisadosteady wind
- aliseusteady wind
- alísiosteady wind
Romanian alizeu
- alizeusteady wind
Russian пасса́т
- пасса́т (passát)steady wind
Spanish vientos alisios, alisios
- vientos alisiossteady wind
- alisiossteady wind
Vietnamese gió mậu dịch, gió tín phong
- gió mậu dịchsteady wind
- gió tín phongsteady wind
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trade wind
Cite this entry
trade wind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20wind
“trade wind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20wind. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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