vindby

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of vind +‎ by (“gust”).

Noun

vindby c

  1. (meteorology) gust (short-term deviation of the wind velocity from its mean value)

Declension

Declension of vindby
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vindby vindbys
definite vindbyn vindbyns
plural indefinite vindbyar vindbyars
definite vindbyarna vindbyarnas

Synonyms

See also

  • kastby (“gust with a sudden change in wind direction”)
  • stormby (“squall”)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.