different between dune vs hummock

English

Etymology

Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from French dune (from Old French dune), or from Middle Dutch d?ne (modern Dutch duin), or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *d?n?, *d?naz, probably from Gaulish dunum (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uHnom (“enclosure”), from *d?ewh?- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?n/, /d?u?n/
  • Homophone: June (with /d?/)
• (US) IPA^(key): /du?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

dune (plural dunes)

1. (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind.

Synonyms

• sand dune, sand-dune

Antonyms

• dyke, dike

Derived terms

• dunesand
• duney

Related terms

• duned

Translations

Anagrams

• nude, undé

French

Etymology

From Old French dune, from Middle Dutch d?ne (Dutch duin), possibly from Gaulish *dunon (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyn/

Noun

dune f (plural dunes)

1. dune

Further reading

• “dune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -une

Noun

dune f pl

1. plural of duna

Anagrams

• nude

Middle English

Noun

dune

1. Alternative form of dynne

English

Etymology

Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump +? -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.

Noun

hummock (plural hummocks)

1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
3. (Scotland) A fistful.

Related terms

• hummocked
• hummocking
• hummocky

Translations

References

• hummock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia