steppe

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From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒂔𒈾 () (ṣēru) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Akkadian: 𒂔 () (ṣēru) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Southern Altai: чӧл (čöl) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Arabic: مَرْعَى (marʕā) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Arabic: سْتِيب (steb) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Arabic: سْتِيب (stīb) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Armenian: տափաստան (tapʻastan) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Azerbaijani: çöl — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Bashkir: дала (dala) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Belarusian: стэп (step) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Bulgarian: степ (step) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Catalan: estepa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 草原 (cǎoyuán) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾草原 /干草原 (gāncǎoyuán) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Crimean Tatar: çöl — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Czech: step — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Danish: steppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Esperanto: stepo — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Finnish: aro — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• French: steppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Galician: estepa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Georgian: ველი (veli) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• German: Steppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Greek: στέπα (stépa) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Hindi: स्तपी (stapī) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Hungarian: sztyepp — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Hungarian: sztyeppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Icelandic: gresja — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Icelandic: steppa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Italian: steppa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Japanese: ステップ (suteppu) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Japanese: 草原 (sōgen) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Kazakh: дала (dala) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Kazakh: сахара (saxara) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Korean: 스텝 (seutep) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Kyrgyz: талаа (talaa) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Kyrgyz: чөл (cöl) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Lithuanian: stèpė — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Macedonian: степа (stepa) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Mongolian: хээр тал (xeer tal) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Mongolian: тал (tal) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Mongolian: тал нутаг (tal nutag) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Mongolian: хээр (xeer) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Norwegian Bokmål: steppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steppe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Occitan: estèpa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Persian: استپ (estep) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Polish: step — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Portuguese: estepe — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Romanian: stepă — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Russian: степь (stepʹ) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: stȅpa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Serbo-Croatian: сте̏па — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Slovak: step — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Slovene: stepa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Spanish: estepa — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Sumerian: 𒂔 (EDIN) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Swedish: stäpp — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Tatar: дала (dala) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Turkish: bozkır — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Turkish: step — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Turkish: kır — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Ottoman Turkish: قیر (kır) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Turkmen: sähra — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Tuvan: хову (xovu) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Ukrainian: степ (step) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Urum: чӧль (čölʹ) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Uyghur: دەشت (desht) — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Uzbek: dasht — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Uzbek: choʻl — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Vietnamese: thảo nguyên — the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia
• Armenian: տափաստան (tapʻastan) — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• German: Steppe — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Japanese: 草原 (sōgen) — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Macedonian: степа (stepa) — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Polish: step — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Portuguese: estepe — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Russian: степь (stepʹ) — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Serbo-Croatian: stȅpa — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Swedish: stäpp — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Turkish: bozkır — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Turkish: step — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Turkish: kır — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Welsh: gwaun — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Welsh: gweundir — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Welsh: paith — vast cold, dry grass-plains
• Welsh: stepdir — vast cold, dry grass-plains