noun, masculine/a.li.ze/plural: alizés
trade wind
“Et quelques pas de deux et quelques pas de danse / Et la nuit est soumise et l'alizé se brise / Aux Marquises”
As with lisser, one suggested origin is a cross of Late Latin lixare and allisus. TLFi asserts that derivation from Spanish alisio (“trade (wind)”) is impossible and argues the Spanish word more likely derives from French.