föhn
[feyn; German fœn]
noun Meteorology.
foehn
or föhn
[feyn; German fœn]
noun
Origin of foehn
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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foehn
noun
föhn
foehn
noun
Word Origin for föhn
German, from Old High German phōnno, from Latin favōnius; related to fovēre to warm
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