drumlin

English

Diagram of drumlins showing direction of glacial drift.

Etymology

Irish droim (“back, ridge”) + English diminutive suffix -lin (“variant of -ling”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈdɹʌmlɪn]
• Hyphenation: drum‧lin

Noun

drumlin (plural drumlins)

1. (geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.

Translations

An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift

• Estonian: voor
• Finnish: drumliini (fi), moreeniselänne
• Latvian: drumlins (lv) m
• Russian: друмлин (ru) m (drumlin)

French

Etymology

From Irish droim.

Noun

drumlin m (plural drumlins)

1. drumlin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French drumlin.

Noun

drumlin n (plural drumline)

1. drumlin

Declension

Declension of drumlin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) drumlin	drumlinul	(niște) drumline	drumlinele
genitive/dative	(unui) drumlin	drumlinului	(unor) drumline	drumlinelor
vocative	drumlinule		drumlinelor