precipice

Significado (Inglês)

1. A very steep cliff.
2. (figuratively) The brink of a dangerous situation.
3. (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

Conceitos

precipício

penhasco

ladeira

barranco

declive

encosta

penhascos

subida

despenhadeiro

alcantilado

declives

abismo

precipicio

costa

Sinônimos

cliff

abyss

chasm

gulf

bluff

crag

drop off

steep

ravine

steep cliff

escarpment

gap

steep slope

slope

scarp

gorge

declivity

bank

🏦

drop-off

gully

hill

mountain

⛰️

pit

rock

🪨

steep crag

heugh

ness

steep wall

rake

rampart

decline

clogwyn

rubble

ruin

scar

crisis

shelving

shore

crash

crags

stone

🪨

wreck

heavy rain

mountain slope

rock face

collapse

ascent

foreland

fissure

escarp

Traduções

precipizio

précipice

afgrond

Abgrund

burrone

precipicio

γκρεμός

abisso

uçurum

baratro

gouffre

falaise

abîme

dirupo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”).
Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).