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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)
- (geomorphology) coastline with continuous cliffs
- climbing wall