Foehn is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 43 anagrams from letters in foehn (efhno).
1860-65; German Föhn (orig. in Alpine dialects), Middle High German foenne, Old High German phōnno Vulgar Latin *faōnius, for Latin Favōnius Favonius
Such a rise in temperature due to compression is a well-known phenomenon, referred to as the foehn effect.
It is a disagreeable freak of nature, and half the people are ill when the foehn wind blows.