precipice

Significado (Inglés)

1. A very steep cliff.
2. (figuratively) The brink of a dangerous situation.
3. (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

Conceptos

precipicio

acantilado

barranca

derrumbadero

desbarrancadero

abismo

talud

cantil

cuesta

derrocadero

derrumbe

escarpadura

ladera

risco

subida

vertiente

taludes

arrecife

despeñadero

escombro

escombros

ruina

Sinónimos

cliff

abyss

chasm

gulf

bluff

crag

drop off

steep

ravine

steep cliff

escarpment

gap

steep slope

slope

scarp

gorge

declivity

bank

🏦

drop-off

gully

hill

mountain

⛰️

pit

rock

🪨

steep crag

heugh

ness

steep wall

rake

rampart

decline

clogwyn

rubble

ruin

scar

crisis

shelving

shore

crash

crags

stone

🪨

wreck

heavy rain

mountain slope

rock face

collapse

ascent

foreland

fissure

escarp

Traducciones

precipizio

précipice

afgrond

Abgrund

burrone

precipício

γκρεμός

abisso

uçurum

baratro

gouffre

falaise

abîme

dirupo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”).
Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).