landslide
/ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
noun
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
verb
To undergo a landslide.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: mudflow"
- "The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday."
- "The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide."
- "So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃sléydʰeti Proto-Germanic *slīdaną Proto-West Germanic *slīdan Old English slīdan Middle English sliden English slide English landslide From land + slide.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/
- British English: /ˈlæn(d).slaɪd/