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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries곤두박질치다
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gon-dubak-jil-chida
"주가가 급격히 곤두박질쳤다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To fall or drop straight down at high speed.
"The aircraft plummeted toward the ground."
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A steep and rapid fall or decrease.
"There was a sudden plummet in temperatures."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French plomet, diminutive of plom 'lead', from Latin plumbum.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Plummet" is said worldwide
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chuter
Transliteration: chuter
"Les prix ont chuté cette année."
abstürzen
Transliteration: abstürzen
"Die Aktienkurse sind stark abgestürzt."
precipitare
Transliteration: precipitare
"Le temperature sono precipitate improvvisamente."
plumear
Transliteration: precipitarse
Script: precipitarse
"Las ventas se precipitaron este mes."
desabar
Transliteration: desabar
"Os lucros da empresa despencaram."
गिरावट
Transliteration: giravata
Script: धड़ाम से गिरना
"शेयर बाजार में भारी गिरावट आई है।"
暴跌
Transliteration: bàodié
"气温急剧下降。"
곤두박질치다
Transliteration: gon-dubak-jil-chida
"주가가 급격히 곤두박질쳤다."
急落する
Transliteration: kyūraku suru
"株価が急落した。"
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