loess

(Inglês)

Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɜːs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com alemão: los

In summary

Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease.

Conceitos

loess

tapera

Loess

loesse

Sinônimos

earth

loss

sediment

yellow soil

hades

yellow ochre

yellow sand

bai

loessal soil

Asian dust

Traduções

lœss

Löss

less

Löß

loess

loess

löss

loess

lös

gelber Ocker

gelbe Erde

Wüsten…

έρημος

κίτρινη ασβεστώδης λάσπη

gelber Sand