One of his election promises was more tailwind on bicycle paths.
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Tailwind
//ˈteɪlwɪnd//
Synonyms for "tailwind" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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21 translations across 17 languages.
Danish
1 entries- medvind noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Faroese
1 entries- undanvindur noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Finnish
1 entries- myötätuuli noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
French
1 entries- vent en poupe noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
German
1 entries- Rückenwind noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Hungarian
1 entries- hátszél noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Icelandic
2 entries- meðbyr noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
- meðvindur noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Ingrian
1 entries- perintuuli noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Italian
2 entries- vento di poppa noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
- vento in poppa noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Japanese
1 entries- 追い風 noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- medvind noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- medvind noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Polish
1 entries- wiatr w plecy noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Russian
1 entries- попу́тный ве́тер noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Spanish
3 entries- viento a favor noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
- viento en popa noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
- viento favorable noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Swedish
1 entries- medvind noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Turkish
1 entries- pupa rüzgârı noun (a wind that blows in the same direction as the course of an aircraft or ship)
Sample sentences
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Like all modern airships, the new Zeppelin NT is filled with the inert gas helium, instead of the highly flammable hydrogen gas that doomed the Hindenburg. With its three propellers, it can fly at about 100 kilometers an hour with a good tailwind—and at a height of about 2,000 meters.
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