hill

Meaning

Noun

1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
2. A sloping road.
3. (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
4. (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
5. The pitcher’s mound.
6. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Verb

1. To form into a heap or mound.
2. To heap or draw earth around plants.

Opposite of

dale

Synonyms

mountain

⛰️

knoll

mound

hillock

elevation

slope

mount

peak

eminence

ridge

small mountain

stone

🪨

rock

🪨

hump

cliff

rise

forest

earth up

head

plateau

precipice

heap

height

rising ground

highland

hillside

hummock

swelling

jungle

knap

butte

pitcher’s mound

inselberg

fell

bump

rocky hill

down

vegetation

hill up

tuffet

elevated place

mountain-pass

mound of earth

loma

tump

artificial mound

bukit

colina

humplock

Loma

Translations

colline

Hügel

collina

colina

loma

cerro

heuvel

λόφος

colina

montagne

⛰️

Berg

⛰️

collis

morro

berg

⛰️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪl/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Dutch: hille

Cognate with Low German: hull

Cognate with Old Norse: hóll

Cognate with Latin: collis

Cognate with Lithuanian: kalnas

Cognate with Albanian: kallumë

Cognate with Russian: холм

Cognate with Old English: holm

In summary

From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)).
Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

Sentences

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .