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landslide

noun · verb · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D S L AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: mudflow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: earthfall, landslip, mudflow

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: landslide victory

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To undergo a landslide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: landslip

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slide

Narrower terms: mudslide, rockslide

5

noun

Meaning 5

an overwhelming electoral victory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: victory, triumph

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English slide English landslide From land + slide.

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِنْهِيَار أَرْضِيّ (inhiyār ʔarḍiyy) — natural disaster
  • Armenian: սողանք (soġankʻ) — natural disaster
  • Asturian: argayu — natural disaster
  • Azerbaijani: uçqun — natural disaster
  • Basque: luizi — natural disaster
  • Belarusian: апо́ўзень (apówzjenʹ) — natural disaster
  • Belarusian: абва́л (abvál) — natural disaster
  • Bulgarian: свличане (svličane) — natural disaster
  • Bulgarian: свлачище (svlačište) — natural disaster
  • Burmese: မြေပြိုခြင်း (mre-pruihkrang:) — natural disaster
  • Catalan: ensulsiada — natural disaster
  • Catalan: esllavissada — natural disaster
  • Catalan: esllavissament — natural disaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山崩 (shānbēng) — natural disaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑坡 (huápō) — natural disaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地滑 (dìhuá) — natural disaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塌方 (tāfāng) — natural disaster
  • Danish: bjergskred — natural disaster
  • Danish: jordskred — natural disaster
  • Dutch: lawine — natural disaster
  • Dutch: aardverschuiving — natural disaster
  • Esperanto: terŝoviĝo — natural disaster
  • Finnish: maanvyöry — natural disaster
  • Finnish: maanvyörymä — natural disaster
  • French: glissement de terrain — natural disaster
  • Friulian: slac — natural disaster
  • Galician: muracán — natural disaster
  • Galician: freita — natural disaster
  • Galician: nafreita — natural disaster
  • Galician: barronca — natural disaster
  • Galician: sulda — natural disaster
  • Galician: fana — natural disaster
  • Galician: esbarrondamento — natural disaster
  • Georgian: მეწყერი (mec̣q̇eri) — natural disaster
  • German: Erdrutsch — natural disaster
  • German: Rufi — natural disaster
  • Greek: κατολίσθηση (katolísthisi) — natural disaster
  • Hebrew: מַפֹּלֶת (mapólet) — natural disaster
  • Hindi: भूस्खलन (bhūskhalan) — natural disaster
  • Hungarian: földcsuszamlás — natural disaster
  • Indonesian: tanah longsor — natural disaster
  • Irish: maidhm thalún — natural disaster
  • Irish: sciorradh talún — natural disaster
  • Italian: frana — natural disaster
  • Italian: smottamento — natural disaster
  • Italian: slavina — natural disaster
  • Japanese: 地滑り (ji-suberi) — natural disaster
  • Japanese: 山崩れ (yama-kuzure) — natural disaster
  • Japanese: 山津波 (yama-tsunami) — natural disaster
  • Japanese: 土砂崩れ (dosha-kuzure) — natural disaster
  • Kazakh: жылжыма (jyljyma) — natural disaster
  • Kazakh: көшкін (köşkın) — natural disaster
  • Korean: 산사태 (sansatae) — natural disaster
  • Ladin: roa — natural disaster
  • Lao: ດິນເກື່ອນ (din kư̄an) — natural disaster
  • Latin: lābīna — natural disaster
  • Malay: tanah runtuh — natural disaster
  • Malayalam: മണ്ണിടിച്ചിൽ (maṇṇiṭiccil) — natural disaster
  • Māori: horo — natural disaster
  • Māori: horowhenua — natural disaster
  • Maranao: anas — natural disaster
  • Maranao: tempag — natural disaster
  • Maranao: tobak — natural disaster
  • Khiamniungan Naga: sǖtàih — natural disaster
  • Norwegian: steinras — natural disaster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jordras — natural disaster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jordskred — natural disaster
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jordras — natural disaster
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jordskred — natural disaster
  • Persian: رانش زمین (râneš-e zamīn) — natural disaster
  • Plautdietsch: Ieedrutsch — natural disaster
  • Pohnpeian: engk — natural disaster
  • Polish: osuwisko — natural disaster
  • Polish: obryw — natural disaster
  • Portuguese: deslizamento — natural disaster
  • Portuguese: desabamento — natural disaster
  • Portuguese: derrocada — natural disaster
  • Quechua: lluqlla — natural disaster
  • Romanian: alunecare de teren — natural disaster
  • Romanian: alunecare de pământ — natural disaster
  • Russian: о́ползень (ópolzenʹ) — natural disaster
  • Russian: обва́л (obvál) — natural disaster
  • Russian: лави́на (lavína) — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: клизиште — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀дрон — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀сулина — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: klizište — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: òdron — natural disaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: òsulina — natural disaster
  • Sinhalese: නායයෑම් (nāyayǣm) — natural disaster
  • Slovene: plaz — natural disaster
  • Lower Sorbian: wótwalenje zemje — natural disaster
  • Upper Sorbian: zesunjenje zemje — natural disaster
  • Upper Sorbian: wotwalenje hory — natural disaster
  • Spanish: corrimiento de tierra — natural disaster
  • Spanish: deslave — natural disaster
  • Spanish: desprendimiento térreo — natural disaster
  • Spanish: argayo — natural disaster
  • Spanish: alud terrero — natural disaster
  • Swedish: jordskred — natural disaster
  • Tagalog: guho ng lupa — natural disaster
  • Tagalog: guhunlupa — natural disaster
  • Tamil: நிலச்சரிவு (nilaccarivu) — natural disaster
  • Thai: ดินถล่ม (din-tà-lòm) — natural disaster
  • Thai: แผ่นดินถล่ม (pɛ̀n-din-tà-lòm) — natural disaster
  • Tibetan: རྫ་རྡོ (rdza rdo) — natural disaster
  • Tibetan: ས་རུད (sa rud) — natural disaster
  • Ukrainian: зсув (zsuv) — natural disaster
  • Ukrainian: о́повзень (ópovzenʹ) — natural disaster
  • Ukrainian: обва́л (obvál) — natural disaster
  • Urdu: ریزشِ زمین (reziś-e-zamīn) — natural disaster
  • Urdu: ہبوطِ ارضی (hubūt-e-arzī) — natural disaster
  • Urdu: تنزلِ زمین (tanazzul-e-zamīn) — natural disaster
  • Uzbek: oʻpirilish — natural disaster
  • Uzbek: siljish — natural disaster
  • Uzbek: koʻchish — natural disaster
  • Vietnamese: lở đất — natural disaster
  • Vietnamese: sạt lở đất — natural disaster
  • Welsh: tirlithriad — natural disaster
  • Welsh: cwymp tir — natural disaster
  • Danish: jordskredssejr — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Finnish: äänivyöry — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Galician: vitoria esmagadora — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • German: erdrutschartiger Sieg — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • German: überwältigender Sieg — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • German: Erdrutschsieg — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Italian: vittoria schiacciante — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Italian: a valanga — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Japanese: 地滑り的勝利 (jisuberi-teki shōri) — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Korean: 압도적인 승리 (apdojeogin seungni) — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Polish: walne zwycięstwo — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Portuguese: lavada — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Spanish: goleada — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Spanish: victoria aplastante — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Spanish: tanateada arrolladora — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Thai: ชนะขาดลอย (chá-ná-kàat-lɔɔi) — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
  • Thai: นอนมา (nɔɔn-maa) — vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
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