dune

Significat (Anglès)

A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

Conceptes

duna

Sinònims

sand dune

sandhill

sand hill

hump

ridge

snowbank

sand-dune

sand-hill

Duna

barkhan

down

hummock

Traduccions

dune

duna

duna

Düne

duin

αμμόλοφος

duna

dune de sable

θίνα

Sanddüne

médano

كثيب

αμμοθίνα

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/djuːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: duin

In summary

Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from French dune (from Old French dune), or from Middle Dutch dūne (modern Dutch duin), or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, probably from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).

Frases

People write messages on the dune with ice plant .