escarpement
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editescarpement m (plural escarpements)
- (uncountable) steepness (state of being steep)
- (countable) a steep or abrupt slope, an escarpment
- (countable, figuratively, of a person or his qualities) severity, harshness
Descendants
edit- → English: escarpment
Further reading
edit- “escarpement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.