escarpment

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• UK: /ɪˈskɑːp.mənt/
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• US: /ɪˈskɑɹp.mənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 S K AA1 R P M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French escarpement. By surface analysis, escarp + -ment.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Estonian: järsakkaljusein — steep descent or declivity
• Estonian: eskarp — steep descent or declivity
• Finnish: eskarppi — steep descent or declivity
• Finnish: kallioseinämä — steep descent or declivity
• French: escarpement — steep descent or declivity
• Galician: escarpa — steep descent or declivity
• German: Steilhang — steep descent or declivity
• German: Böschung — steep descent or declivity
• German: Abhang — steep descent or declivity
• Icelandic: virkisbrekka — steep descent or declivity
• Irish: scairp — steep descent or declivity
• Italian: scarpata — steep descent or declivity
• Macedonian: косина (kosina) — steep descent or declivity
• Polish: skarpa — steep descent or declivity
• Russian: отко́с (otkós) — steep descent or declivity
• Spanish: escarpadura — steep descent or declivity
• Spanish: escarpa — steep descent or declivity
• Spanish: escarpe — steep descent or declivity
• Welsh: tarren — steep descent or declivity
• Welsh: sgarp — steep descent or declivity