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Definition: Zephyr |
ZephyrNoun1. A slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck". 2. (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Zephyr" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "west wind". |
Date "zephyr" was first used: 1369. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of soft zephyrs, denotes that you will sacrifice fortune to obtain the object of your affection and will find reciprocal affection in your wooing. If a young woman dreams that she is saddened by the whisperings of the zephyrs, she will have a season of disquietude by the compelled absence of her lover. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | A general term, especially in Great Britain, for light-weight, sheer, soft fabrics usually made with a plain weave in light colors. Stripes and checks are frequently employed. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A fine cloth of plain weave used for dresses, blouses and shirtings and made in various qualities. A typical zephyr has coloured stripes on a white ground and a cord effect made by the introduction of coarse threads at intervals. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Zephyr The west wind, the son of AEolus and Aurora, and the lover of Flora. (Roman mythology.) Pas de zephyr. Standing on one foot and balancing the other backwards and forwards. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zephyr."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ZEPHYR | English | Zero Energy Physics Reactor | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ZephyrSynonyms: air (n), breeze (n), gentle wind (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wind | Noun: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent. |
Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Zephyr |
| English words defined with "zephyr": Zephyrus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "zephyr": Favonius ♦ Morgane ♦ Poetic Terms ♦ WIND, Winds. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "zephyr": Zephyrus. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zephyr" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (zephyr), Latin (west wind). |
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Screenplays | Oh Zephyr Winds which blow on high, lift me now so I can fly! (Isis; writing credit: Kathleen Barnes; Russell Bates) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zephyr (2002) Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) San Francisco Zephyr (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Burlington Zephyr. East Dubuque, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A Lincoln Zephyr, silvery and low, whisked by. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Listen to every zephyr for some reproof, for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it. |
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| "Zephyr" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Zephyr" is used about 20 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) | 80% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "zephyr" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Zephyr | Last name | 130 | 66,241 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Zephyr" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "west wind". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Zephyr." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Zephyra | Female | N/A | Zephyr |
| Zephyrine | Female | French | Zephyr |
| Zephyr | Male | Greek Mythology (Anglicized) | N/A |
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1. Zephyr, TX |
Expressions using "zephyr": zephyr cloth ♦ zephyr shawl ♦ zephyr worsted ♦ zephyr yarn. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "zephyr": zephyr-grade. | |
Ending with "zephyr": sweet-zephyr. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "zephyr"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fllad (breath, breeze, freshly, gale), erë perëndimi (westerlies), erë e lehtë (air, cat's paw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نسيم عليل, الزفير قماش رقيق, الدبور الريح الغربية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фланелка (vest), мека лека материя, зефир (cats paw, cat's paw, gale), лек западен вятър, полъх (breath of air, breathing, breeze, puff, waft, whiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '风. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vítr (wind), vìtřík (air), vánek (breeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zephyr (zephyr cloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zefier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | zefiro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نسیم بادمغرب , باخترباد, بادمغرب , بادصبا (Zephyrus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zéphyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zephyr (zephyr cloth), Zephir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ύφασμα zephyr (zephyr cloth), ζέφυροσ (zephyrus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רוח קל" (breeze), צפריר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zefír, enyhe szellõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | angin sepoi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zeffiro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | そよ風 (after that, as it is, breath of air, degree or extent, even so, even that, gentle breeze, in itself, in that case, look at me!, look out!, look!, soft wind, sparklingly, still, well, well then), 微風 (breath of air, gentle breeze, soft wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そよかぜ (breath of air, gentle breeze, soft wind), びふう (beautifulcustom, breath of air, gentle breeze, soft wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geay veeley (breeze, gentle wind), geay neear (west wind, westerly), eear-gheay. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ephyrzay zefir, zéfiro, aragem (air, breeze, gad-fly, waft, wind). (various references) zefir, vânt de apus (West), maiou (undervest), adiere (air, aura, breath, breathing, breeze, gale, puff, whiff, wind). (various references) зефир (marshmallow). (various references) zefir, lahor (aura, breeze, cat's paw). (various references) céfiro (aura). (various references) sefyr. (various references) meltem (breeze, etesian winds), ince gömlek, hafíf rüzgar, esinti (air, blow, breath, breeze, puff, waft, whiff, wind), batı rüzgârı (West), çok ince kumaş (zephyr cloth). (various references) серпанок (gauze, haze, mist, veil, wisp), майка (singlet, skivvy), зефір (marsh mallow), західний вітер. (various references) gió hiu hiu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | Zephyros. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zephyr": zephyrs. (additional references) | |
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"Zephyr" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esphyr, Zefiro, zepher, zephry, zephyer, zephyre, zipher, zyphyr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-p-r-y-z" | |
-1 letter: hyper. | |
-2 letters: hype, prey, prez, pyre. | |
-3 letters: hep, her, hey, hyp, peh, per, pry, pye, rep, rye, yeh, yep. | |
-4 letters: eh, er, he, pe, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-p-r-y-z" | |
+1 letter: zephyrs. | |
+5 letters: hyperbolize, lyophilizer, rehypnotize, sympathizer. | |
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