counterscarp

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English scarp English counterscarp From counter- + scarp.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: contraescarpa — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Finnish: kontreskarppi — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• French: contrescarpe — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• German: Contrescarpe — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Greek: αντίκρημνο (antíkrimno) — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Irish: frithbhalla — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩹𐩧 (mʿḏr) — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Polish: przeciwskarpa — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Russian: контрэска́рп (kontrɛskárp) — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Russian: контр-эска́рп (kontr-eskárp) — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Swedish: kontereskarp — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
• Ottoman Turkish: استحكامات خندقنك شیو خارجی (istihkâmat hendeğiñ şiv harici) — outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch