Zephyr

See also: zephyr, zéphyr, and Zéphyr

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Zephyr

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Alternative forms

• Zephyrus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛfɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛfə/

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Proper noun

Zephyr

1. (Greek mythology) The god of the West Wind.
   • 1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:

     For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.

2. (poetic) The west wind personified.
3. A surname.
   • 2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 April 2023:

     Even as her Republican peers sought to isolate her in the wake of her impassioned comments against a proposed ban on what doctors call gender-affirming medical care for children, Ms. Zephyr said she would not remain idle.

Hypernyms

• Anemoi, Aquilon

Coordinate terms

• Boreas/Septentrio (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)

Derived terms

• zephyrette, Zephyrette

Translations

Greek god

Bulgarian: Зефир m (Zefir) Czech: Zefyros m Finnish: Zefyros Hungarian: Zephürosz Italian: Zefiro m Polish: Zefir (pl) m Portuguese: Zéfiro (pt) m Russian: Зефи́р m (Zefír) Spanish: Céfiro m Swedish: Zefyros

The west wind personified

Bulgarian: Зефир m (Zefir) Persian: صبا (fa) (sabâ) Russian: Зефи́р m (Zefír)