sulcus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) A furrow made by a plow.
2. (declension-2, masculine) Ploughing.
3. (declension-2, masculine) A long, narrow trench; a ditch.
4. (declension-2, masculine, usually) A rut or track.

Concepts

furrow

sulcus

agric furrow

agric row

Translations

sillon

Furche

αυλάκι

surco

solc

solco

voor

sulco

أُخْدُود

vore

ثَلْم

a’vlaki

ثلْم

rego

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsʊɫ.kʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *solkos, from Proto-Indo-European *solk-o-s (“furrow”), *selk- (“to pull, drag”), whence also Old English sulh. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós), whence doublet holcus.