терикон

Ukrainian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin terra (land) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, cone). Melnychuk claims a borrowing from French terriconique.[1] Compare Russian террико́н (terrikón), Belarusian тэрыко́н (terykón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tereˈkɔn]

Noun

терико́н • (terykón) m inan (genitive терико́ну, nominative plural терико́ни, genitive plural терико́нів)

  1. slag heap, spoil heap, spoil tip (heap formed of material discarded during mining or excavation)

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “терикон”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 552

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