chernozem

English

Wikipedia

Chernozem or chernozem-like black earth in New York.

Etymology

From Russian чернозём (černozjóm), "black soil", letter "ё" is usually written as "е" in Russian, more accurately transliterated as "chernozyom", also cf. Черноземье (Černozémʹje) where "ё" is changed to "е".

Noun

chernozem (countable and uncountable; plural chernozems)

1. A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.

Synonyms

• black earth

Derived terms

• chernozemic

Translations

black-coloured soil containing a high percentage of humus

• Belarusian: чарназём (be) (čarnazjóm) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑土 (cmn) (hēitǔ), 黑鈣土 (cmn), 黑钙土 (cmn) (hēigàitǔ)

• Finnish: tšernozem (fi), mustamulta (fi)
• French: tchernoziom (fr) m, tchernozème (fr) m
• German: Schwarzerde (de) f, Tschernosem (de) n
• Italian: černozëm (it) m

• Japanese: 黒土 (ja) (こくど, kokudo)
• Polish: czarnoziemy (pl) m pl
• Russian: чернозём (ru) (černozjóm) m
• Slovene: černozem (sl) m
• Spanish: chernozem (es) m
• Ukrainian: чернозем (uk) (černozém) m
• Vietnamese: đất đen (vi), hắc thổ (vi), secnôziom (vi)

See also

• greyzem
• kastanozem
• phaeozem
• dark earth
• terra preta