- moraine
- noun Etymology: French, from French dialect (Savoy) morêna Date: 1789 an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier • morainal adjective • morainic adjective
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moraine — [ mɔrɛn ] n. f. • 1779; savoyard morena « bourrelet de terre », d un rad. prélatin murr « tertre », ou du lat. mora « obstacle » ♦ Accumulation de débris entraînés, puis abandonnés par les glaciers. Moraines latérales, médianes, frontales. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Moraine — Downtown Moraine Lage in Ohio … Deutsch Wikipedia
moraine — 1. (mo rê n ) s. f. Terme de géologie. Falaise, terres escarpées au bord d un torrent, d une rivière, d un lac. • Cette moraine, haute de 100 à 150 pieds, borde au nord est le petit lac que nous côtoyions, SAUSSURE Voy. Alpes, t. III, p. 413,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Moraine — Mo*raine , n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m[ u]rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. ? to cause to wither, Skr. ml[=a] to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moraine — [mə rān′, môrān′] n. [Fr < dial. morêna < morre, muzzle, akin to Sp morro, snout, headland < VL * murru, echoic word for snout] a mound, ridge, or mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc. carried and deposited directly by a glacier, along … English World dictionary
Moraine — Moraine, OH U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 6897 Housing Units (2000): 3127 Land area (2000): 9.070917 sq. miles (23.493566 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.272740 sq. miles (0.706393 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.343657 sq. miles (24.199959 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Moraine, OH — U.S. city in Ohio Population (2000): 6897 Housing Units (2000): 3127 Land area (2000): 9.070917 sq. miles (23.493566 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.272740 sq. miles (0.706393 sq. km) Total area (2000): 9.343657 sq. miles (24.199959 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
moraine — (n.) ridge of rock deposited by a glacier, 1789, from Fr. moraine (18c.), from Savoy dialect morena mound of earth, from Prov. morre snout, muzzle, from V.L. *murrum round object, of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre Latin Alpine language.… … Etymology dictionary
Moraine — Nom porté à la fois dans les Ardennes et dans l Ouest (35). Variante : Moraines (53, 14). Apparemment une variante (ou un matronyme) de Morain, autre forme de Morin (voir Maurin pour le sens) … Noms de famille
moraine — ► NOUN ▪ a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier. ORIGIN from French dialect morre snout … English terms dictionary
Moraine — This article is about geological phenomena. For other uses, see Moraine (disambiguation). A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock) which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly… … Wikipedia
