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orographic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AO2 R AH0 G R AE1 F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1óh3s Proto-Italic *ōs Latin ōsder. English oro- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English orography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English orographic From orography + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լեռնագրական (leṙnagrakan) — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Catalan: orogràfic — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Finnish: orografinen — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • French: orographique — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Galician: orográfico — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • German: orographisch — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Hungarian: hegyrajzi — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Irish: oragrafach — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Italian: orografico — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Polish: orograficzny — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Portuguese: orográfico — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Russian: орографический (orografičeskij) — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Spanish: orográfico — of or pertaining to the physical features of mountains, or to orography
  • Finnish: orografinen — of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
  • Polish: orograficzny — of or pertaining to the effects of mountains on weather
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