alizé
French, noun/a.li.ze/
alizé is a French masculine noun meaning “trade wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ces vents eux-mêmes”.
What does alizé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrade wind
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie certains vents qui règnent entre les deux tropiques et qui soufflent de l’est à l’ouest.
noun: 1. Ces vents eux-mêmes.
noun: 1. Alise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alizé
- alizés plural
- alizée singular feminine
- alizées plural feminine
- alizes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alizé?
- /a.li.ze/
- \a.li.ze\
- \a.liz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alizé in French?
alizé appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).