avalanche
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling…A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
» Tom was killed in the avalanche.
Tom wurde durch die Lawine getötet. — Manfredo
Тома убило лавиной. — odexed
Том погиб под лавиной. — marafon
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3 sensesA large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
Lawine, Schneelawine, Eislawine
лави́наlavína
лави́наlavýna
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.
Lawine
лави́наlavína, обва́лobvál
(broadly)A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx; anything like an avalanche in suddenness and overwhelming quantity.
обва́лobvál
a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
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Origin
From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”)From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).
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Forms
plural: avalanches| Singular | avalanche |
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8 related wordsSee also
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