promontory
A high point of land extending into a body of water, headlandA high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
» The boat sailed around the promontory.
Лодка обогнула мыс.
Значення
значень: 3A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
Landzunge
мысmys, вы́ступvýstup, стре́лкаstrélka
мисmys, виступvystup
A projecting part of the body.
A projection on the sacrum.
A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Приклади
речень: 5The boat sailed around the promontory.
ruЛодка обогнула мыс. — shanghainese
There's a cave on the promontory.
Be like a promontory against which waves endlessly come to break.
Be like a promontory that the waves endlessly come to break against.
Breached and battered, the ruin stands in a grove of ilex on a very beautiful promontory.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”,From Medieval Latin prōmontōrium, from prōmineō, from prō- + *mineō (“to project or jut”, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”)) + -tōrium (“place”).
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Форми
множина: promontories| Однина | promontory |
|---|---|
| Множина | promontories |
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