avalanche

Concepts

avalanche

cascade

snowslide

landslide

avalanches

deluge

flood

landslip

roll down

Synonyms

déluge

chapelet

kyrielle

ribambelle

🪢

succession

suite ininterrompue

torrent

cascade

éboulement

Translations

Lawine

lawine

valanga

avalanche

alud

χιονοστιβάδα

avalancha

slavina

lavina

allau

çığ

aşît

avalanca

Erdrutsch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.va.lɑ̃ʃ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arpitan: avalançhe

Cognate with Occitan: lavanca

Cognate with Italian: valanga

Cognate with Arpitan: lavino

Cognate with Romansh: lavina

Cognate with Latin: lābor

In summary

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal avalançhe (Savoy), blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), alteration of Late Latin labina (“landslide”) (compare (Dauphiné) Franco-Provençal lavino, Romansch lavina), from Latin lābor (“to slip, slide”).