falesia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French faleise, from Frankish *falisa, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz (rock, cliff), from Proto-Indo-European *pelis-, *pels- (rock, cliff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈlɛ.zja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzja
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lè‧sia

Noun

falesia f (plural falesie)

  1. (geomorphology) coastline with continuous cliffs
  2. climbing wall