drumlin

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English

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Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology

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Irish droim (back, ridge) + English diminutive suffix -lin (variant of -ling).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drumlin (plural drumlins)

  1. (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Translations

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French

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Etymology

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From Irish droim.

Noun

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drumlin m (plural drumlins)

  1. drumlin

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French drumlin.

Noun

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drumlin n (plural drumline)

  1. drumlin

Declension

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