different between erratic vs nunatak

English

Alternative forms

• erratick, erraticke, erratique (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin erraticus; compare Old French erratique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æt?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

erratic (comparative more erratic, superlative most erratic)

1. unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent

   Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.

2. Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.

   erratic conduct

Antonyms

• consistent

Derived terms

• erratical
• erratically
• erraticness

Translations

Noun

erratic (plural erratics)

1. (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 372:

     The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.

2. Anything that has erratic characteristics.

Synonyms

• (glaciers): dropstone

Translations

Anagrams

• Cartier, cartier, cirrate, rice rat

English

Alternative forms

• nunataq

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic nunataq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n?tæk/, /?nu?n?tæk/
• Hyphenation: nun?a?tak

Noun

nunatak (plural nunataks or nunataker)

1. A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet. [from 1870s]

Translations

See also

• monadnock

Further reading

• nunatak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kuantan

Danish

Etymology

Greenlandic nunataq

Noun

nunatak

1. nunatak

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Greenlandic nunataq.

Noun

nunatak m (genitive singular nunataka, nominative plural nunataky, genitive plural nunatakov, declension pattern of dub)

1. nunatak

Declension

Swedish

Alternative forms

• nunatack

Etymology

From Greenlandic nunataq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n???na?tak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

nunatak c

1. (geology) nunatak

Declension

References

• nunatak in Svensk ordbok (SO)