loess

(Engels)

Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɜːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Duits: los

In summary

Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease.

Sinonieme

earth

loss

sediment

yellow soil

hades

yellow ochre

yellow sand

bai

loessal soil

Asian dust

Vertalings

lœss

Löss

less

loess

Löß

löss

loess

loess

lös

loess

κίτρινη ασβεστώδης λάσπη

έρημος

Wüsten…

Lesbierin

desert

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