orogeny

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• UK: /ɒˈɹɒdʒɪni/
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From French orogénie, from Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain, high ground”) + γενεια (geneia, “creation, birth, making”). By surface analysis, oro- + -geny.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَكَوُّنُ الجِبَالِ (takawwunu l-jibāli) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Azerbaijani: dağəmələgəlmə — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Azerbaijani: orogenez — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Catalan: orogènia — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Chinese Mandarin: 造山運動 /造山运动 (zàoshān yùndòng) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Czech: orogeneze — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Dutch: orogenese — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Georgian: ოროგენეზისი (orogenezisi) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Georgian: მთათწარმოქმნა (mtatc̣armokmna) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Georgian: ოროგენეზი (orogenezi) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Georgian: ოროგენი (orogeni) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• German: Orogenese — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• German: Gebirgsbildung — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Greek: ορογένεση (orogénesi) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Hungarian: hegységképződés — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Hungarian: hegyképződés — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Irish: oraigineas — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Italian: orogenia — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Japanese: 造山運動 (zōzanundō) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Kazakh: орогенез (orogenez) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Korean: 조산운동 (josanundong) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Latin: orogenesis — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Macedonian: гороо́бразба (goroóbrazba) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Macedonian: орогене́за (orogenéza) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Persian: کوهزایی — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Polish: orogeneza — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Portuguese: orogenia — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Portuguese: orogénese — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Portuguese: orogênese — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Russian: горообразование (goroobrazovanije) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Russian: орогенез (orogenez) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Spanish: orogenia — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Tamil: மலை பிறப்பு (malai piṟappu) — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Thai: การก่อเทือกเขา — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Turkish: orojenez — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Uzbek: orogenez — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Vietnamese: kiến tạo sơn — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust
• Vietnamese: kiến tạo núi — the process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust