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avalanche.

avalanche

9 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.va.lɑ̃ʃ/

  1. avalanche

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal avalançhe (Savoy), blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare (Dauphiné) Franco-Provençal lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābor (“to slip, slide”).

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