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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024föhn (fān; Ger. fœn),USA pronunciation n. [Meteorol.]- Meteorologyfoehn.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: föhn, foehn /fɜːn; German: føːn/ n - a warm dry wind blowing down the northern slopes of the Alps. It originates as moist air blowing from the Mediterranean, rising on reaching the Alps and cooling at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate, and descending on the leeward side, warming at the dry adiabatic lapse rate, thus gaining heat
Etymology: German, from Old High German phōnno, from Latin favōnius; related to fovēre to warm |