laterite

Senso (Inglese)

A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.

Concetti

laterite

sinonimi

rouge

red earth

cabook

red soil

latosol

laterite soil

gravel

lateritic soil

ironstone

red iron oxide

Traduzioni

latérite

laterita

laterita

laterita

لاتيرايت - صخور رملية حمراء اللون

bir cins kırmızı

Laterit

λατερίτης

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlatəɹʌɪt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin later (“brick”) + -ite.