solonchak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian солонча́к (solončák, “salt marsh”).

Noun

solonchak (countable and uncountable, plural solonchaks or solonchaki)

1. A pale or grey soil found in arid to subhumid conditions with poor drainage.

Derived terms

• solonchakic

Translations

soil type

• Belarusian: саланча́к m (salančák)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽土 / 盐土 (zh) (yántǔ)

• Finnish: suolamaannos
• French: solontchak (fr) m
• German: Solontschak (de) m
• Latvian: solončaks m
• Polish: sołonczak m
• Russian: солонча́к (ru) m (solončák)
• Ukrainian: солонча́к m (solončák)