aerfluo

Esperanto

Etymology

aero +‎ 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,
      [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, Josef Grňa (translator), “La unua nokto ĉe la mortinto” in Rakontoj by Jakub Arbe,
      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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