precipice

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• /ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs/
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First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh2p- (“to hold; to seize”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrëpirë — very steep cliff
• Azerbaijani: sıldırım — very steep cliff
• Azerbaijani: uçurum — very steep cliff
• Basque: amildegi — very steep cliff
• Basque: malkar — very steep cliff
• Bulgarian: урва (urva) — very steep cliff
• Catalan: precipici — very steep cliff
• Catalan: timba — very steep cliff
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸崖 /悬崖 (xuányá) — very steep cliff
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕壁 /绝壁 (juébì) — very steep cliff
• Czech: sráz — very steep cliff
• Czech: útes — very steep cliff
• Czech: prudký svah — very steep cliff
• Czech: strmá stěna — very steep cliff
• Dutch: afgrond — very steep cliff
• Faroese: avgrund — very steep cliff
• Faroese: meitilberg — very steep cliff
• Finnish: jyrkänne — very steep cliff
• Finnish: kalliojyrkänne — very steep cliff
• French: précipice — very steep cliff
• Georgian: ხრამი (xrami) — very steep cliff
• Georgian: უფსკრული (upsḳruli) — very steep cliff
• Georgian: ფლატე (plaṭe) — very steep cliff
• Georgian: კბოდე (ḳbode) — very steep cliff
• German: Abgrund — very steep cliff
• German: Steilhang — very steep cliff
• Middle High German: stouf — very steep cliff
• Greek: γκρεμνός (gkremnós) — very steep cliff
• Greek: γκρεμός (gkremós) — very steep cliff
• Ancient Greek: κρημνός (krēmnós) — very steep cliff
• Hebrew: צוק — very steep cliff
• Hindi: खड़ी चट्टान (khaṛī caṭṭān) — very steep cliff
• Hindi: दरद (darad) — very steep cliff
• Indonesian: gawir — very steep cliff
• Interlingua: precipitio — very steep cliff
• Italian: precipizio — very steep cliff
• Italian: dirupo — very steep cliff
• Italian: baratro — very steep cliff
• Italian: burrone — very steep cliff
• Japanese: 絶壁 (zeppeki) — very steep cliff
• Japanese: 断崖 (dangai) — very steep cliff
• Korean: 절벽 (jeolbyeok) — very steep cliff
• Latin: abruptum — very steep cliff
• Lithuanian: skardis — very steep cliff
• Lithuanian: yžius — very steep cliff
• Lithuanian: klifas — very steep cliff
• Macedonian: у́рва (úrva) — very steep cliff
• Macedonian: про́паст (própast) — very steep cliff
• Māori: tupari — very steep cliff
• Māori: paritū — very steep cliff
• Māori: tūparengahua — very steep cliff
• Old English: stéap — very steep cliff
• Old Norse: brant — very steep cliff
• Old Norse: bratt — very steep cliff
• Old Norse: stapi — very steep cliff
• Polish: przepaść — very steep cliff
• Portuguese: precipício — very steep cliff
• Romanian: prăpastie — very steep cliff
• Romanian: genune — very steep cliff
• Romanian: râpă — very steep cliff
• Russian: про́пасть (própastʹ) — very steep cliff
• Russian: обры́в (obrýv) — very steep cliff
• Sanskrit: पर्शान (parśāna) — very steep cliff
• Spanish: precipicio — very steep cliff
• Spanish: despeñadero — very steep cliff
• Sundanese: gawir — very steep cliff
• Swedish: brant — very steep cliff
• Swedish: stup — very steep cliff
• Swedish: stöp — very steep cliff
• Swedish: stop — very steep cliff
• Swedish: stape — very steep cliff
• Old Swedish: stapi — very steep cliff
• Old Swedish: stapul — very steep cliff
• Old Swedish: brant — very steep cliff
• Tarifit: addar — very steep cliff
• Tocharian B: yast — very steep cliff
• Turkish: uçurum — very steep cliff
• Ottoman Turkish: قیا (kaya) — very steep cliff
• Ottoman Turkish: یار (yar) — very steep cliff
• Ukrainian: прі́рва (prírva) — very steep cliff
• Ukrainian: кру́ча (krúča) — very steep cliff
• Czech: propast — brink of a dangerous situation
• Danish: afgrund — brink of a dangerous situation
• German: Abgrund — brink of a dangerous situation