Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earthfall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
earth-fall
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A landslide.

Etymology

From earth + fall. Cognate with Old Frisian irthfal, erthfel, erdfal, German Erdfall (“a sinkhole”), Danish jordfald, Swedish jordfall, Icelandic jarðfall. Compare waterfall.

Inflected Forms

earthfalls (plural) earth-fall (alternative)

Synonyms

dirtfall

Questions

What does earthfall mean?
A landslide.
Where does earthfall come from?
From earth + fall. Cognate with Old Frisian irthfal, erthfel, erdfal, German Erdfall (“a sinkhole”), Danish jordfald, Swedish jordfall, Icelandic jarðfall. Compare waterfall.

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