Meanings
adjectivewindproof (comparative more windproof, superlative most windproof)
comparative more windproof · superlative most windproof
- Providing protection from the wind.
verbwindproof (third-person singular simple present windproofs, present participle windproofing, simple past and past participle windproofed)
present singular third person windproofs · participle present windproofing · participle past windproofed · past windproofed
- transitiveTo make resistant to the wind.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
- Proto-Germanic*windaz
- Proto-West Germanic*wind
- Old Englishwind
- Middle Englishwynd
- Englishwind
- Englishwindproof
Translations
Danish vindtæt
- vindtætproviding protection from the wind
Finnish tuulenpitävä
- tuulenpitäväproviding protection from the wind
Japanese 防風
- 防風 (bōfū)providing protection from the wind
Norwegian Bokmål vindtett
- vindtettproviding protection from the wind
Russian непродуваемый
- непродуваемый (neproduvajemyj)providing protection from the wind
Swedish vindtät
- vindtätproviding protection from the wind
Cite this entry
APA
windproof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windproof
MLA
“windproof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windproof. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windproof,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windproof.
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