[ fə:n ]
(also foehn )
■ noun a hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps.
Origin
C19: from Ger., based on L. (ventus) Favonius 'mild west wind', Favonius being the Roman personification of the west or west wind.
[ fə:n ]
(also foehn )
■ noun a hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps.
Origin
C19: from Ger., based on L. (ventus) Favonius 'mild west wind', Favonius being the Roman personification of the west or west wind.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004