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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescolline
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ.lin
"La maison est située sur une colline verdoyante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
"They climbed to the top of the hill to watch the sunset." - 2
An incline or slope on a road or path.
"My bicycle brakes failed as I rode down the steep hill."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'hyll', meaning a hill or elevated piece of land, stemming from Proto-Germanic *huljaz. It shares cognates with Old Norse 'holl' and Latin 'collis', ultimately tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root associated with height and prominence.
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colline
Transliteration: kɔ.lin
"La maison est située sur une colline verdoyante."
Hügel
Transliteration: hyːɡl̩
"Wir wanderten über die sanften Hügel."
collina
Transliteration: kolˈli.na
"Il castello domina la collina circostante."
colina
Transliteration: koˈli.na
"Las ovejas pastaban tranquilamente en la colina."
colina
Transliteration: kuˈli.nɐ
"Eles construíram a casa no topo da colina."
पहाड़ी
Transliteration: pahadi
"बच्चे पहाड़ी से नीचे दौड़ रहे थे।"
小山
Transliteration: xiǎoshān
"这座小山上长满了绿树。"
언덕
Transliteration: eondeok
"우리는 언덕 위에 올라가서 도시를 내려다보았다."
丘
Transliteration: oka
"家畜がその丘で草を食べています。"
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