fohn

foehn also föhn  (fn, fn)

n.

A warm dry wind coming off the lee slopes of a mountain range, especially off the northern slopes of the Alps.

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[German Föhn, from Middle High German fnne, from Old High German phno, from Vulgar Latin *fanius, from Latin favnius, the west wind, from favre, to be favorable.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fohn - a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps foehn air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"