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- [feyn; German fœn]
- /feɪn; German fœn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [feyn; German fœn]
- /feɪn; German fœn/
Definitions of fohn word
- noun fohn a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps. 1
- noun fohn type of warm dry wind 0
- noun fohn a warm dry wind blowing down the northern slopes of the Alps. It originates as moist air blowing from the Mediterranean, rising on reaching the Alps and cooling at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate, and descending on the leeward side, warming at the dry adiabatic lapse rate, thus gaining heat 0
- noun fohn Alternative spelling of foehn. 0
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Origin of fohn
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
1860-65; < German Föhn (orig. in Alpine dialects), Middle High German foenne, Old High German phōnno < Vulgar Latin *faōnius, for Latin Favōnius Favonius
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Parts of speech for Fohn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fohn popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fohn usage trend in Literature
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