borea

From Latin boreas (possibly borrowed), from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās). Doublet of boria. Compare Italian bora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.re.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔrea
• Hyphenation: bò‧re‧a

borea m (plural borei)

1. a cold, northerly wind

• boreale

• boera, obera

boreā

1. ablative/vocative singular of boreās

• borea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)