different between steppe vs pampa
steppe
English
Etymology
From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian ????? (step?, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian ???? (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *?????? (s?tep?, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to ????? (topot), ??????? (toptat?).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /st?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
- Homophone: step
Noun
steppe (countable and uncountable, plural steppes)
- The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. [from 1671]
- A vast cold, dry grass-plain.
Usage notes
Although it may be the steppe biome, one would not normally speak of the steppes of Canada, whereas one would speak of the steppes of Asia or the steppes of Russia.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- US prairie
- savanna
- plain
- (South African) veld
References
- Mel?ny?uk O. S., editor (1982–2012) , “????”, in Etymolohi?nyj slovnyk ukrajins?koji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyjiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- steppe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Estepp
Danish
Noun
steppe c (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural stepperne)
- steppe (large treeless grass plain)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Steppe or French steppe, from Russian ????? (step?, “flat grassy plain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?p?/
- Hyphenation: step?pe
- Rhymes: -?p?
Noun
steppe f (plural steppes, diminutive steppetje n)
- steppe
Derived terms
- steppenroller
French
Etymology
From Russian ????? (step?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?p/
Noun
steppe f (plural steppes)
- steppe
Derived terms
- aigle des steppes
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?p?/
Verb
steppe
- inflection of steppen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Noun
steppe f
- plural of steppa
Middle English
Alternative forms
- stepe, stape, steape, stap, step, steepe
Etymology
From Old English stæpe, stepe, from Proto-Germanic *stapiz, *stap?. The (historical) geminate is influence from steppen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?p(?)/, /?st??p(?)/, /?stap(?)/, /?sta?p(?)/
Noun
steppe (plural steppes or stepen)
- A step, pace (movement of the foot)
- A step or stair; an individual landing of a set of stairs.
- An imprint or sign of something; that which something leaves as evidence:
- The imprint left by a step; a footprint or track.
- The imprint left by a thing, person or phenomenon (extant or former)
- (figuratively) The remains left by an injury or disease.
- The bottom region of the foot; the sole.
- A phase, step or tier as part of a scale or process.
- (figuratively) A move, action or direction (towards an objective).
- (rare) The length covered by a step (as a unit of length, ~2.5 feet)
- (rare) The ground; a foothold or stepping-place.
- (rare) A group or a thing that is part of it.
Descendants
- English: step
- Scots: step, stap, stop
References
- “step, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-1.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
steppe m (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)
- steppe (large treeless grass plain)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
steppe f (definite singular steppa, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)
- steppe (large treeless grass plain)
steppe From the web:
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pampa
English
Noun
pampa (plural pampas)
- singular of pampas
Anagrams
- MAPPA, appam
Aymara
Noun
pampa
- plain
Czech
Noun
pampa f
- pampa (any of the large, grassy plains of temperate South America)
Further reading
- pampa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- pampa in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Conjunction
pampa
- because
Finnish
Noun
pampa
- pampa
Declension
Italian
Noun
pampa f (plural pampe) (Sometimes capitalized)
- pampas
Derived terms
- erba della pampa
Anagrams
- mappa
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pampa m (definite singular pampaen, indefinite plural pampaer, definite plural pampaene)
- form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by pampas
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pampa m (definite singular pampaen, indefinite plural pampaer, definite plural pampaene)
- form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by pampas
Quechua
- Not to be confused with p'ampa
Adjective
pampa
- flat
- plain
Noun
pampa
- land, floor, ground
- plain, flat terrain, valley
Declension
Derived terms
- ayapampa
- q'umir pampa
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua pampa (“plain; prairie”).
Noun
pampa f (plural pampas)
- pampa
Turkish
Noun
pampa (definite accusative pampay?, plural {{{2}}})
- (Internet) Alternative form of kanka
- Raad ol pampa.
Warlpiri
Adjective
pampa
- blind
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