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Meaning of Sirocco | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
sɪˈɹɒkoʊ

Definitions

  1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
  2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Català xaloc
Ελληνικά σιρόκος
Español siroco
Suomi širokko
Français sirocco
Hrvatski jugo južina široko јужина
Magyar sirokkó
Italiano scirocco
日本語 シロッコ
Malti xlokk
Nederlands sirocco
Polski sirocco
Português siroco xaroco
Русский сирокко
Српски jugo južina јужина

Examples

“But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.”
“Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns.”
“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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