fair wind
English
Noun
fair
wind
(
plural
fair winds
)
(
nautical
)
A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the
vessel
.
Antonyms
foul wind
Translations
wind in the right direction
Bulgarian:
попътен вятър
(
popǎten vjatǎr
)
Finnish:
myötätuuli
(fi)
French:
vent
favorable
m
Hebrew:
רוּחַ נוֹחָה
(he)
f
(
ruakh nokha
)
Latin:
ventus
secundus
Norwegian:
Bokmål:
medbør
m
Portuguese:
vento de feição
m
Russian:
попу́тный ве́тер
m
(
popútnyj véter
)
Swedish:
medvind
(sv)
c
Welsh:
gwynt teg
m
References
Ray Parkin
,
H. M. Bark Endeavour
,
Miegunyah Press
, second edition 2003, →ISBN, page 210.