drumlin

English
Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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