col

Signification (Anglais)

1. A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
2. A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.

Concepts

col

cou

Synonymes

notch

pass

gap

mountain pass

defile

gulch

isthmus

saddle

saddleback

saddle point

white arsenic

saddle between mountains

arsenic trioxide

neutral point

band

column

cove

Traductions

Bergsattel

bergpas

forcella

Spalte

Arsensäure

διάσελο

ορεινό πέρασμα

giogo

valico

zadel

الشعب

cogr geçit

Gebirgspass

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɒl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.