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landform

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈlænd.fɔːm/
  • US: /ˈlænd.fɔɹm/
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D F AO2 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Any geological feature, such as a mountain or valley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From land + form.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَكْل اَلْأَرْض (šakl al-ʔarḍ) — geological feature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地貌 (dìmào) — geological feature
  • Cornish: tirfurv — geological feature
  • Dutch: landvorm — geological feature
  • Dutch: reliëfvorm — geological feature
  • Dutch: terreinvorm — geological feature
  • Finnish: pinnanmuoto — geological feature
  • French: forme de relief — geological feature
  • French: modelé — geological feature
  • German: Landform — geological feature
  • German: Reliefform — geological feature
  • Hungarian: felszíni forma — geological feature
  • Hungarian: domborzati forma — geological feature
  • Icelandic: landslagsþáttur — geological feature
  • Indonesian: bentuk lahan — geological feature
  • Indonesian: bentang alam — geological feature
  • Japanese: 地形 (chikei) — geological feature
  • Korean: 지형 (jihyeong) — geological feature
  • Malay: bentuk muka bumi — geological feature
  • Māori: āhuawhenua — geological feature
  • Māori: āhua o te whenua — geological feature
  • Māori: hanganuku — geological feature
  • Portuguese: forma de relevo — geological feature
  • Portuguese: acidente geográfico — geological feature
  • Romanian: formă de relief — geological feature
  • Scottish Gaelic: cumadh-tìre — geological feature
  • Spanish: forma de tierra — geological feature
  • Tagalog: anyong-lupa — geological feature
  • Welsh: tirffurf — geological feature
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