loess

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Etymology [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /ˈloʊ.əs/, /ˈlʌs/, /ˈlɛs/, /ˈlɜːs/

Noun [edit]

loess (plural loesses)

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

Translations [edit]

sediment of eolian origin

Belarusian: лёс (be) (ljos) m
Bulgarian: льос (bg) (lʹos) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 黃砂, 黄砂 (wong4 sa1)

Hakka: 黃砂, 黄砂 (vong11 sa24)

Mandarin: 黃砂 (cmn), 黄砂 (cmn) (huángshā), 黃土 (cmn), 黄土 (cmn) (huángtǔ)

Min Nan: 黃色 (nan), 黄砂 (nan) (hong2 sê1)

Wu: 黃砂, 黄砂 (ɦuaŋ so)
Czech: spraš (cs) m
Danish: løss (da)
Dutch: löss (nl)
Esperanto: leŭso
Finnish: lössi (fi)
French: lœss (fr) m

German: Löss (de) m
Italian: loess (it) m
Japanese: 黄砂 (ja) (こうさ, kōsa)
Korean: 황사 (ko) (hwangsa) (黃砂 (ko))
Norwegian: løss (no)
Persian: بادرفت (fa)
Polish: less (pl) m
Russian: лёсс (ru) (ljoss) m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: лес (sh) m

Roman: les (sh) m
Ukrainian: лес (uk) (les) m
Vietnamese: hoàng sa (vi)

Anagrams [edit]

loses, sloes, soles

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