alizé

Senso

trade wind

Genere

♂️ Maschile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/a.li.ze/

Etimologia

As with lisser, one suggested origin is a cross of Late Latin lixare and allisus. TLFi asserts that derivation from Spanish alisio (“trade (wind)”) is impossible and argues the Spanish word more likely derives from French.