Definitions for foehns

foehns foehn

Spelling: [feyn; German fœn]
IPA: /feɪn; German fœn/

Foehns is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in foehns (efhnos).

Definitions for foehns

noun

  1. a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.

Origin of foehns

1860-65; German Föhn (orig. in Alpine dialects), Middle High German foenne, Old High German phōnno Vulgar Latin *faōnius, for Latin Favōnius Favonius

Examples for foehns

It is a disagreeable freak of nature, and half the people are ill when the foehn wind blows.

Such a rise in temperature due to compression is a well-known phenomenon, referred to as the foehn effect.

Word Value for foehns
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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