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The French word for wind is
vent





wind

Gender

The gender of vent is masculine. E.g. le vent.

Plural

The plural of vent is vents.

French Definition


wind
     1. n. Vent.
     2. v. (Musique) Souffler dans un instrument à vent.
     3. v. Enrouler.



Translations for wind and their definitions

vent
     1. n-m. atmospheric wind
     2. n-m. (euphemistic) a flatulence
     3. n-m. empty words, hot air
           Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent. - Those are empty promises.


tourner
     1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
     2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
     3. v. to tour, to go on tour
     4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
     5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
           Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
     6. v. to lathe


pet
     1. n-m. (colloquial) fart
     2. n-m. (colloquial nonstandard) (clipping of pétard)


souffler
     1. v. to blow
     2. v. to blow out
           Souffler des bougies. - Blow out candles.
     3. v. to whisper
     4. v. (figuratively) to relax


remonter
     1. v. to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
     2. v. (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again
     3. v. (of clothing) to go up, to ride up
     4. v. to go back, to return
           remonter le fil du temps - to go back in time
     5. v. to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to)
     6. v. to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up
     7. v. to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard
     8. v. to turn back up
     9. v. (of a clock) to wind up


essouffler
     1. v. to knock the wind out of, leave breathless
     2. v. to become breathless
     3. v. to lose steam, to tail off


contourner
     1. v. to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around
     2. v. to travel from one place to another, to visit several places


s'essouffler


retourner
     1. v. to turn over, turn upside-down; (in cooking) to turn
     2. v. to toss (salad), turn over (earth, soil)
     3. v. to return, send back (an object)
     4. v. to return, go back (to/from a place)
     5. v. to return, revert (à to) (a state etc)
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn over; to overturn, capsize
     7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to turn round (turn one's head)
     8. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be reversed, be turned round (of a situation etc.)
     9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get organised


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