precipitous

Signification (Anglais)

1. Steep, like a precipice
2. Headlong
3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

Concepts

précipité

escarpé

hâtif

abrupt

brusque

irréfléchi

prompt

raide

soudain

fait à la hâte

à pic

escarpée

abrupte

subit

Synonymes

steep

abrupt

sheer

high

sudden

hasty

rugged

sharp

lofty

precipitate

rash

precipitant

overhasty

craggy

imprudent

impulsive

inclining

instantaneous

jagged

perpendicular

radical

risky

rocky

rude

rush

sloping

soaring

towering

unexpected

unscheduled

vertical

high and steep

sharply sticking out

jutting upward

cliffy

festinate

bluffy

acute

aslope

bungling

caved

caving

cragged

crumbling

desperately

erect

fulminant

headlong

helter-skelter

hurriedly

Traductions

abschüssig

jäh

acele

precipitado

precipitado

abrupto

escarpado

erto

scosceso

abrupt

ξαφνικός

überstürzt

ripido

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From obsolete French précipiteux, from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from prae + caput (“head”). Equivalent to precipice (“steep”) + -ous.