rompeolas

Meaning

breakwater (construction in or around a harbour)

Concepts

breakwater

jetty

groyne

breakwaters

mole

fascine

levee

pier

Synonyms

malecón

dique

escollera

espigón

ingle

rompecolas

Translations

frangiflutti

Wellenbrecher

quebra-mar

brise-lames

κυματοθραύστης

golfbreker

escullera

Mole

paraonde

dalgakıran

breekwater

respingente

حواجز المياه

Buhne

Hyphenated as

rom‧pe‧o‧las

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of rompe (“to break”) + olas (“waves”).