loess

(Inglés)

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/lɜːs/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

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

loess

loss

yellow soil

yellow ochre

yellow sand

loessal soil

less

loess

loess

lös

gelber Ocker

gelbe Erde

Wüsten…

έρημος

κίτρινη ασβεστώδης λάσπη

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