aerfluo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.
Latin āērder.
Esperanto aero
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?
Latin fluōder.
Esperanto flui
Esperanto -o
Esperanto fluo
Esperanto aerfluo

    aero +‎ fluo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aerˈfluo/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -uo
    • Syllabification: a‧er‧flu‧o
    • Hyphenation: aer‧fluo

    Noun

    aerfluo (accusative singular aerfluon, plural aerfluoj, accusative plural aerfluojn)

    1. current of air, airstream
      • Donald Broadribb (translator), La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) by L. Frank Baum, Chapter 15,[1]
        [La balono] iris tre alten super la nubojn, tiom alten ke aerfluo trafe ĝin portis multajn, multajn kilometrojn for.
        [The balloon] went way up above the clouds, so far that a current of air struck it and carried it many, many miles away.
    2. draft (air entering a room, car, etc.)
      • 1908, Jakub Arbe, “La unua nokto ĉe la mortinto”, in Josef Grňa, transl., Rakontoj‎[2]:
        Forta glacimalvarma aerfluo enpenetris tra la fenestro en la salonon kaj turnis sin ĉirkaŭ la ĉerko.
        A powerful, ice-cold draft forced its way through the window and into the parlour, and whirled around the coffin.
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