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Yes. The word foehn is a Scrabble US word. The word foehn is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word foehn is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

FOEHN,

4-letter words (4 found)

FOEN,FOHN,FONE,HONE,

3-letter words (12 found)

EON,FEH,FEN,FOE,FOH,FON,HEN,HOE,HON,NEF,NOH,ONE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EF,EH,EN,FE,HE,HO,NE,NO,OE,OF,OH,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from foehn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of foehn

foehn ofehn feohn efohn oefhn eofhn fohen ofhen fhoen hfoen ohfen hofen fehon efhon fheon hfeon ehfon hefon oehfn eohfn ohefn hoefn ehofn heofn foenh ofenh feonh efonh oefnh eofnh foneh ofneh fnoeh nfoeh onfeh nofeh fenoh efnoh fneoh nfeoh enfoh nefoh oenfh eonfh onefh noefh enofh neofh fohne ofhne fhone hfone ohfne hofne fonhe ofnhe fnohe nfohe onfhe nofhe fhnoe hfnoe fnhoe nfhoe hnfoe nhfoe ohnfe honfe onhfe nohfe hnofe nhofe fehno efhno fheno hfeno ehfno hefno fenho efnho fneho nfeho enfho nefho fhneo hfneo fnheo nfheo hnfeo nhfeo ehnfo henfo enhfo nehfo hnefo nhefo oehnf eohnf ohenf hoenf ehonf heonf oenhf eonhf onehf noehf enohf neohf ohnef honef onhef nohef hnoef nhoef ehnof henof enhof nehof hneof nheof

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Definitions and meaning of foehn

foehn

Alternative forms

  • foen, föhn, fohn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɜːn/, /feɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɝn/, /feɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɜːn, -eɪn, -ɜː(ɹ)n
  • Homophones: feign, fane, fain (archaic)

Noun

foehn (plural foehns)

  1. A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
    • 1971, WW Kibler, translating Gian Fontana, ‘The Mayor of Valdei’, in Bezzola (ed.), The Curly-Horned Cow, Peter Owen 1971, p. 71:
      The foehn and the sun must have awakened the spirits of spring way up in the heights.
  2. (meteorology) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.

Translations

See also

  • chinook

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “foehn”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • Foehn wind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Katabatic wind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Föhn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /føn/

Noun

foehn m (plural foehns)

  1. (meteorology) foehn
  2. (Switzerland, Alsace) hairdryer

Derived terms

  • foehner

Further reading

  • “foehn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French foehn or German Föhn.

Noun

foehn n (plural foehnuri)

  1. hairdryer

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org