drumlin

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English

Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology

From Irish droim (back, ridge) + English diminutive suffix -lin (variant of -ling).

Pronunciation

Noun

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drumlin (plural drumlins)

  1. (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Irish droim.

Noun

drumlin m (plural drumlins)

  1. drumlin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French drumlin.

Noun

drumlin n (plural drumline)

  1. drumlin

Declension

singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) drumlin drumlinul (niște) drumline drumlinele
genitive/dative (unui) drumlin drumlinului (unor) drumline drumlinelor
vocative drumlinule drumlinelor