English
Chernozem or chernozem-like black earth in New York.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian чернозём ( černozjóm ) , "black soil". The letter "ё ( jo ) " is usually written as "е ( je ) " in Russian, more accurately transliterated as "chernozyom"; compare чернозе́мье ( černozémʹje ) , where "ё ( jo ) " is changed to "е ( je ) ".
Pronunciation
Noun
chernozem (countable and uncountable plural chernozems
A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids , phosphorus and ammonia .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus
Belarusian: чарназём m ( čarnazjóm )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑土 (zh) ( hēitǔ ) , 黑鈣土 ／ 黑钙土 (zh) ( hēigàitǔ ) , 黑钙土 (zh) ( hēigàitǔ )
Czech: černozem f
Finnish: tšernozem mustamulta (fi) , mustamultamaannos
French: tchernoziom (fr) m tchernozème (fr) m
German: Schwarzerde f Tschernosem n
Italian: černozëm m
Japanese: 黒土 ( こくど, kokudo ) , チェルノゼム ( cherunozemu ) , チェルノジョーム ( cherunojōmu )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Korean: 흑토 (ko) ( heukto ) , 체르노젬 ( chereunojem ) , 체르노죰 ( chereunojom )
Polish: czarnoziem (pl) m
Portuguese: chernozem m
Russian: чернозём (ru) m ( černozjóm )
Slovene: černozem m
Spanish: chernozem m
Swedish: svartjord (sv) c
Ukrainian: чорно́зем m ( čornózem )
Vietnamese: đất đen hắc thổ secnôziom
See also
Portuguese
Noun
chernozem m plural chernozens
chernozem ( black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus ) 
