loess

(Inglese)

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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɜːs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine tedesco: los

In summary

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

Concetti

loess

deserte

löss

sinonimi

earth

loss

sediment

yellow soil

hades

yellow ochre

yellow sand

bai

loessal soil

Asian dust

Traduzioni

lœss

Löss

less

Löß

loess

loess

löss

lös

loess

gelber Ocker

gelbe Erde

Wüsten…

έρημος

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