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falaise.

cliff (steep rock face)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fa.lɛz/
  1. cliff (steep rock face)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French faleise, faloise, from Frankish *falisa, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelis-, *pels- (“rock, cliff”). More at fell.

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