landslide

English

Etymology

From land +‎ slide.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlænd.slaɪd/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

landslide (plural landslides)

1. A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
2. A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.

   The candidate won by a landslide.

Synonyms

• (natural disaster): earthfall, landslip

Translations

natural disaster

• Arabic: انهيار أرضى (ar) (inhyaar 'arDiy) m
• Catalan: ensulsiada
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山崩 (cmn) (shānbēng), 滑坡 (cmn) (huápō), 地滑 (cmn) (dìhuá), 塌方 (cmn) (tāfāng)

• Danish: bjergskred (da) n, jordskred (da) n
• Dutch: lawine m or f, aardverschuiving
• Esperanto: terŝoviĝo (eo)
• Finnish: maanvyöry (fi), maanvyörymä (fi)
• French: glissement de terrain (fr) m
• Georgian: მეწყერი (ka) (mecqeri)
• German: Erdrutsch (de) m
• Hungarian: földcsuszamlás (hu)
• Indonesian: tanah longsor (id)

• Italian: frana (it) f, smottamento (it) f, slavina (it) f
• Japanese: 地滑り (ja) (じすべり, ji-suberi), 山崩れ (ja) (やまくずれ, yama-kuzure), 山津波 (ja) (やまつなみ, yama-tsunami)
• Ladin: roa f
• Norwegian: jordras (no), steinras (no) n
• Polish: osuwisko
• Quechua: lluqlla (qu)
• Romanian: alunecare de teren (ro) f
• Russian: оползень (ru) (ópolz'en') m
• Serbian: odron m, osulina f
• Slovene: plaz (sl) m
• Spanish: corrimiento de tierra (es) m
• Swedish: jordskred (sv) n

See also

• (natural disaster): avalanche, earthquake, mudslide
• (politics): shoo-in