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.
trade wind (plural trade winds)
- A steady wind that blows from east to west above and below the equator.
- Synonym: easterly
- Antonym: westerly
They rode the trade winds going west.
2008, Jimmy Cornell, World Cruising Routes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 365:During the summer months, from November to April, the trade wind is less steady over large parts of the ocean.
steady wind
- Catalan: vents alisis m pl, alisis m pl
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 信風／信风 (zh) (xìnfēng), 貿易風／贸易风 (zh) (màoyìfēng)
- Czech: pasát (cs) m
- Danish: passat c, passatvind c
- Dutch: passaat (nl) m
- Finnish: pasaatituuli (fi)
- French: alizé (fr) m, vent alizé m
- German: Passat m, Passatwind m
- Greek: αληγείς άνεμοι (el) m pl (aligeís ánemoi)
- Hebrew: רוּחוֹת הַסַּחַר (he) f pl (rukhot hasakhar), רוּחוֹת הַמִסְחָר (he) f pl (rukhot hamiskhar), פָּסָטִים m pl (passatim)
- Hungarian: passzát (hu), passzátszél (hu)
- Irish: trádghaoth f
- Italian: aliseo (it) m
- Japanese: 貿易風 (ja) (bōekifū)
- Kazakh: өкпе жел (ökpe jel)
- Korean: 무역풍 (ko) (muyeokpung)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: passat m, passatvind m
- Nynorsk: passat m, passatvind m
- Odia: ଟ୍ରେଡ଼୍ ଉଇଣ୍ଡ (or) (ṭreṛ uiṇḍa)
- Persian: باد بازرگانی (bâd-e bâzargâni)
- Polish: pasat (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: alisado (pt) m, aliseu m, alísio m
- Romanian: alizeu (ro) n
- Russian: пасса́т (ru) m (passát)
- Spanish: vientos alisios m pl
- Vietnamese: gió mậu dịch, gió tín phong
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