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Definition: Sou'wester |
Sou'westerNoun1. A strong wind from the southwest. 2. Waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A hat with a wide slanting brim longer in back than in front and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Sou'westerSynonym: southwester (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: rain hat (food & agriculture, labor), southwester. |
| "Sou'wester" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "Sou'wester" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.43% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "sou'wester"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kapelë strehëgjerë detarësh, erë nga jugperëndimi (south-wester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | силен югозападен вятър. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sydvest (rain hat, southwester), regnhætte (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zuidwester (rain hat, southwester), regenhoed (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sydvesti (rain hat, southwester), sadehattu (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suroît (southwester), chapeau imperméable (southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Suedwester (rain hat, southwester), Regenhut (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάλυμμα κεφαλής ναυτικού, αδιάβροχο καπέλο (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | viharkalap (southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sud-ovest (south west), capello di tela cerata (rain hat, southwester), capello da pioggia (rain hat, southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ou'westersay sueste, sudoeste (south-west, south-westward), chapéu impermeável (rain hat, southwester). (various references) юго-запад (s.w., south west, southwest, southwestward, south-westward, south-westwards), зюйдвестка (nor'wester). (various references) jugo-zapad (south west, south-westward). (various references) sueste (south-wester). (various references) sydväst (southwest, southwester). (various references) lodos (South, southwester), geniş kenarlı gemici şapkası (southwester), güneybatı rüzgârı (southwester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-e-o-r-s-s-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: estrous, oestrus, ousters, outsees, sourest, souters, stereos, stoures, tussore, westers, worsets. | |
-4 letters: eroses, esters, estrus, ouster, outers, outsee, reests, resets, resews, resows, retuse, reuses, rewets, rosets, rouses, rousts, routes, russet, serest, serous, serows, setose, setous, sewers, sorest, souter, sowers, steers, stereo, steres, stores, stoure, stours, strews, strows, surest, sweets, torses, tosser, touses. | |
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