declivity

English

Etymology

1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem/dēclīvitās, from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean).

Noun

declivity (plural declivities)

1. the downward slope of a hill
2. a downward bend in a path

Related terms

• decline

Translations

downward slope

Finnish: alamäki (fi), lasku (fi)

Italian: declivio (it) m.

downward bend in a path

Finnish: alamäki (fi), lasku (fi)

Italian: declivio (it) m.

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Bulgarian: склон, стръмнина (надолу) Greek: κλίση (el) (klísi) f., κατωφέρεια (el) (katoféria) f., κατηφόρα (el) (katifóra) f.