different between karst vs carso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) have a common origin in Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso); the metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: käst, IPA^(key): /k??st/
• (US) enPR: kärst, IPA^(key): /k??st/
• Rhymes: -??(r)st

  Homophones: cast, caste (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

karst (plural karsts)

1. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
   • 1978, M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China,” The Geographical Journal, vol. 144, no. 2, p. 200:

     In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.

   • 2009, Katherine Harmon, “Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008,” ScientificAmerican.com, May 29, 2009:

     The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.

Derived terms

• karstology
• thermokarst
• glaciokarst
• paleokarst

Translations

Further reading

• karst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?rst/
• Hyphenation: karst
• Rhymes: -?rst

Noun

karst m (plural karsten)

1. (geology) karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage)

Derived terms

• karstbron

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?st/

Noun

karst m (plural karsts)

1. (geology) karst

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Noun

karst n (genitive singular karsts, no plural)

1. (geology) karst

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• carst

Etymology

From German der Karst, name of a limestone region in Slovenia.

Noun

karst m (plural karstes)

1. (geology) karst

   Synonym: malpaís

Portuguese

Etymology

See carste

Noun

carso m (plural carsos)

1. (geology) karst (type of land formation)

   Synonym: carste