waterfall

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
2. (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for waterfall model
4. (US, slang) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
5. (colloquial, dated) A necktie.
6. (colloquial, dated) A chignon (hairstyle).
7. (colloquial, dated) A beard.
8. A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
2. (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
3. Synonym of recycle.

Conceptos

cascada

catarata

caída de agua

salto de agua

caída del agua

chorro

pequeño lago

surtidor de agua

caida

catarata de un río

fuente

salto

torrente

la cascada

chorrea

Sinónimos

cascade

cataract

falls

fall

spring

fountain

⛲

chute

drop

steep

falling out

linn

watercouse

mountain-torrent

head fall

free overfall

hydraulic drop

cadence

mountain torrent

collapse

destination

downfall

jump

leap

punch line

rapids

Traducciones

Wasserfall

cascata

waterval

cascade

cascata

chute d’eau

cachoeira

καταρράκτης

cascada

chute

cataracta

شلال

cataracte

chute d'eau

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: waterfal

Heredado de inglés antiguo: wæterġefeall

Cognado con frisón occidental: wetterfal

Cognado con neerlandés: waterval

Cognado con alemán: Wasserfall

Cognado con sueco: vattenfall

In summary

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

Oraciones

Multnomah Falls is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon .

Multnomah Falls es la cascada más alta del estado de Oregon.