passaat
Dutch (Brabantic)
/pɑˈsaːt/
noun
Definitions
- A trade wind in the Atlantic; usually an easterly in the tropics when not qualified otherwise.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian pasada.
Origin
Spanish
pasada
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Passat German
- passaatwind Dutch, Flemish
- pasada Spanish, Castilian
- passat Norwegian Bokmål
- passatvind Norwegian Bokmål
- passat Norwegian Nynorsk
- passatvind Norwegian Nynorsk
- passaat Afrikaans