From en.wiktionary.org:
[Steppe]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en] or [en], in turn from [en]. There is no generally accepted earlier
etymology, but there is a speculative [orv] reconstruction *[orv], related to
[orv], [orv].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. The grassland s of Eastern Europe and Asia . Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna . [from 1671]
2. * [chapter=Preliminary]
3. * [1=en]
4. A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain.
5. * [en]
**** Usage notes
Although it may be the steppe biome, one would not normally speak of the
steppes of Canada, whereas one would speak of the steppes of Asia or the
steppes of Russia.
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |forest steppe |mammoth steppe |shrubsteppe|steppe cat|steppe
fox|steppe-witch |steppe eagle |steppe mammoth |steppe-tundra |steppic|steppe
bison|steppe lemming|steppe lion|steppe murrain|steppe vole|steppe wisent}}
**** Translations
[the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia]
- Akkadian: [akk] ( ), [akk] ( )
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mongolian: [mn] , [mn] , [mn] , [mn] ,
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Sumerian: [sux]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urum: [uum]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] )
[trans-bottom]
[vast cold, dry grass-plains]
- Armenian: [hy]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy] , [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- US prairie
- [en]
- [en]
- (South African) veld
- (South American) pampa
*** References
- [степ]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Danish
[lang=da]
*** Noun
[da]
1. [en] ( _large treeless grass plain_ )
** Dutch
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nl] or [nl], from [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|nl |bossteppe |mammoetsteppe |steppehoen |steppekiekendief |steppekievit
|steppeklimaat |steppelandschap |steppenroller |steppezebra }}
*** Further reading
- [lang=nl]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
**** Descendants
- [it]
- [ro]
- [tr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
** Italian
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], [enm], from [enm]. The (historical) geminate is due to the
influence of [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[steppes]
1. A [en] , pace [movement of the foot]
2. A step or stair; an individual landing of a set of stairs.
3. An imprint or sign of something; that which something leaves as evidence:
1. The imprint left by a step; a footprint or track.
2. The imprint left by a thing, person or phenomenon (extant or former)
3. [enm] The remains left by an injury or disease.
4. The bottom region of the foot; the sole .
5. A phase, step or tier as part of a scale or process..
6. [enm] A move, action or direction (towards an objective).
7. [enm] The length covered by a step (as a unit of length, ~2.5 feet)
8. [enm] The ground; a foothold or stepping-place.
9. [enm] A group or a thing that is part of it.
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry=step ]
[enm]
** Norwegian Bokmål
[lang=no]
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [en] ( _large treeless grass plain_ )
** Norwegian Nynorsk
[lang=nn]
*** Noun
[nn]
1. [en] ( _large treeless grass plain_ )
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [steppe]
*** Verb
[ang]
1. [ang]