chinook
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chinook (plural chinooks)
- (Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
- The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Translations
the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains
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king salmon
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References
Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
chinook (feminine chinooke, masculine plural chinooks, feminine plural chinookes)
Noun
chinook m (uncountable)
- Chinook (language)