different between tundra vs steppe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nd??/

Noun

tundra (countable and uncountable, plural tundras)

1. A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

Translations

Anagrams

• Durant, durant, truand

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tundra]
• Hyphenation: tun?d?ra

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

Further reading

• tundra in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tundra in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra f (genitive singular tundru, uncountable)

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

   Synonym: frostmýra

Declension

Finnish

Noun

tundra

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

Galician

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

Irish

Etymology

From Russian, from Kildin Sami.

Noun

tundra m (genitive singular tundra, nominative plural tundraí)

1. tundra

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "tundra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tundra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “tundra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tun.dra/
• Hyphenation: tùn?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundre)

1. tundra

Latvian

Noun

tundra f (4th declension)

1. tundra

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer, definite plural tundraene)

1. tundra

References

• “tundra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer or trundraar, definite plural tundraene or tundraane)

1. tundra

References

• “tundra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tun.dra/

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French toundra, from Russian ??????? (túndra).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?t?.d??/
• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. (geography) tundra (flat, treeless region around the Arctic)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tû?ndra/
• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

t?ndra f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. tundra

Declension

References

• “tundra” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra c

1. a tundra

Declension

Anagrams

• rundat, undrat

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tund?a/

Noun

tundra (definite accusative tundray?, plural tundralar)

1. tundra

Declension

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)

1. The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. [from 1671]
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. steppe

Derived terms

• steppenroller

French

Etymology

From Russian ????? (step?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?p/

Noun

steppe f (plural steppes)

1. steppe

Derived terms

• aigle des steppes

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?p?/

Verb

steppe

1. inflection of steppen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Noun

steppe f

1. 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)

1. A step, pace (movement of the foot)
2. A step or stair; an individual landing of a set of stairs.
3. An imprint or sign of something; that which something leaves as evidence:
   1. The imprint left by a step; a footprint or track.
   2. The imprint left by a thing, person or phenomenon (extant or former)
   3. (figuratively) The remains left by an injury or disease.
4. The bottom region of the foot; the sole.
5. A phase, step or tier as part of a scale or process.
6. (figuratively) A move, action or direction (towards an objective).
7. (rare) The length covered by a step (as a unit of length, ~2.5 feet)
8. (rare) The ground; a foothold or stepping-place.
9. (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)

1. steppe (large treeless grass plain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

steppe f (definite singular steppa, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)

1. steppe (large treeless grass plain)