different between southerly vs sirocco

English

Etymology

souther +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?li?/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?li/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?li?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?s?ð?li?/

Noun

southerly (plural southerlies)

1. A wind blowing from the south.

Synonyms

• auster, souther

Translations

Adjective

southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)

1. coming from the south.

   Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds

2. Facing the south; directed towards the south.
3. Located towards the south

Synonyms

• southly

Derived terms

• southerliness

Translations

Adverb

southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)

1. In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.
2. From the south.

Synonyms

• southly

English

Alternative forms

• siroc (rare)
• scirocco

Etymology

From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????ko?/, /?????ko?/

Noun

sirocco (plural siroccos)

1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

   Synonym: ghibli (Libya)

   • 1888 Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist 1

     This tolerance and largeur of the heart that 'forgives' everything because it 'understands' everything, is sirocco for us.

   • 1814 George Gordon, Lord Byron Corsair, i:14

     But come, the board is spread ; our silver lamp / Is trimm'd, and heeds not the sirocco's damp.

2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
   • (colloquial) 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ?ISBN, page 113:

     In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle.

Translations

References

• 1896 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, vol 4 p 4286

Further reading

• sirocco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scirocco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?r?.ko?/
• Hyphenation: si?roc?co
• Rhymes: -?ko?

Noun

sirocco m (plural sirocco's)

1. sirocco (wind on the Mediterranean originating from North Africa)
2. (rare, dated) kiln

   Synonym: droogoven

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.??.ko/

Etymology

From Italian scirocco.

Noun

sirocco m (plural siroccos)

1. (literally and figuratively) sirocco