avalanche

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈævəlæn(t)ʃ/
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From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: асыԥса (asəpsa) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Albanian: ortek — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Albanian: dragë — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Albanian: rungajë — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Albanian: branë — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Arabic: تَيْهُور (tayhūr) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Arabic: اِنْهِيَار ثَلْجِيّ (inhiyār ṯaljiyy) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Aragonese: lurte — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Aragonese: lit — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Armenian: ձնահյուս (jnahyus) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Armenian: հյուս (hyus) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Asturian: ádene — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Asturian: ádiga — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Azerbaijani: uçqun — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Azerbaijani: qar uçqunu — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Bashkir: күскен (küsken) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Bashkir: ҡар ишелмәһе (qar işelməhe) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Bashkir: шыуышма (şıwışma) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Bashkir: лайғы (layğı) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Basque: elurrolde — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Basque: elur jausi — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Belarusian: лаві́на (lavína) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Bulgarian: лави́на (lavína) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Catalan: allau — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 雪崩 (xuěbēng) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Czech: lavina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Danish: lavine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Danish: sneskred — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Dutch: lawine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Esperanto: lavango — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Estonian: laviin — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Faroese: skalvalop — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Finnish: lumivyöry — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• French: avalanche — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Galician: avalancha — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Galician: nafreita — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Georgian: ზვავი (zvavi) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• German: Lawine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• German: Schneelawine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• German: Eislawine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• German: Gletscherlawine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Greek: χιονοστιβάδα (chionostiváda) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Haitian Creole: lavalas — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Hindi: हिमस्खलन (himaskhalan) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Hungarian: lavina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Icelandic: snjóflóð — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Ido: avalancho — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Indonesian: salju longsor — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Inuktitut: ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ (aloiqkanaq) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Irish: maidhm shléibhe — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Irish: maidhm shneachta — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Italian: valanga — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Italian: slavina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Japanese: 雪崩 (nadare) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Kazakh: көшкін (köşkın) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Korean: 눈사태 (nunsatae) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Korean: 설붕 (seolbung) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Northern Kurdish: aşît — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Kyrgyz: көчкү (köckü) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Lao: ຫິມະຖະຫຼົ່ມ (hi ma tha lom) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Latvian: lavīna — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Lithuanian: lavina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Luxembourgish: Lawin — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Macedonian: лавина (lavina) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Malay: salji runtuh — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Malayalam: ഹിമപാതം (himapātaṁ) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Māori: horonga — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Māori: horonga huka — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Māori: horohuka — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Norwegian: lavine — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Norwegian: snøras — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Norwegian: snøskred — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Occitan: avalancha — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Occitan: lau — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Pashto: يمال (yamãl) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Persian: بهمن (bahman) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Polish: lawina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Polish: awalansza — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Portuguese: avalanche — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Romanian: avalanșă — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Romanian: lavină — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Russian: лави́на (lavína) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Scottish Gaelic: maoim-sneachda — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: у́сов — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀вина — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: сњежна лавина — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: úsov — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: làvina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Serbo-Croatian: snježna lavina — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Slovak: lavína — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Slovene: plaz — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Spanish: alud — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Spanish: avalancha — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Swedish: lavin — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Swedish: snöskred — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Tajik: тарма (tarma) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Tajik: баҳман (bahman) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Thai: หิมะถล่ม (hì-má-tà-lòm) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Tibetan: གངས་རུག — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Tibetan: གངས་རུད — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Turkish: çığ — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Turkmen: gar topalaňy — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Ukrainian: лави́на (lavýna) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Uyghur: قار كۆچۈش (qar köchüsh) — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Uzbek: koʻchki — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Vietnamese: tuyết lở — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Vietnamese: lở tuyết — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Welsh: eirlithriad — large sliding mass of snow and ice
• Azerbaijani: uçqun — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Bulgarian: свлачище (svlačište) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 山崩 (shānbēng) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Danish: jordskred — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Dutch: lawine — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Finnish: maanvyöry — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• French: avalanche — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Galician: nafreita — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Galician: laredo — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Galician: entullada — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• German: Lawine — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Greek: κατολίσθηση (katolísthisi) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Hebrew: מַפֹּלֶת (mapólet) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Indonesian: longsor — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Italian: frana — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Japanese: 山崩れ (yamakuzure) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Central Kurdish: ھەرەس (heres) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Northern Kurdish: aşît — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Macedonian: одрон (odron) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Macedonian: свлечиште (svlečište) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Māori: horo — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Māori: horowhenua — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Norwegian: skred — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Norwegian: ras — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Persian: رانش زمین — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Polish: lawina — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Portuguese: deslize — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Portuguese: deslizamento — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Romanian: alunecare de teren — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Romanian: ebulment — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Russian: лави́на (lavína) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Russian: обва́л (obvál) — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: у́сов — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ла̀вина — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: úsov — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: làvina — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Swedish: jordskred — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Swedish: skred — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Swedish: ras — fall of earth, rocks, etc.
• Finnish: vyöry — sudden descent or influx
• French: avalanche — sudden descent or influx
• Greek: χιονοστιβάδα (chionostiváda) — sudden descent or influx
• Italian: valanga — sudden descent or influx
• Northern Kurdish: aşît — sudden descent or influx
• Macedonian: лавина (lavina) — sudden descent or influx
• Persian: سیل (seyl) — sudden descent or influx
• Polish: lawina — sudden descent or influx
• Romanian: alunecare — sudden descent or influx
• Russian: обва́л (obvál) — sudden descent or influx
• Swedish: ras — sudden descent or influx
• Esperanto: lavangi — to come down upon
• Finnish: vyöryä — to come down upon
• Georgian: ჩაზვავება (čazvaveba) — to come down upon
• Georgian: ჩამოზვავება (čamozvaveba) — to come down upon
• Ido: avalanchar — to come down upon
• Polish: spadać — to come down upon
• Polish: spaść — to come down upon
• Romanian: copleși — to come down upon
• Swedish: falla — to come down upon
• Swedish: rasa ner — to come down upon