Avalanche

//ˈævəlɑːnʃ//

Synonyms for "avalanche" (150 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(2 words)
barrageblitz

Strong matches (45)

Related words (75)

Verb(1 words)
roll down
Noun(2 words)
snowslidesnowslip

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

at location

1 entries

causes

1 entries

derived

9 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

47 entries

Showing 16 of 47 words.

Translations

168 translations across 73 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • асыԥса noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Albanian

4 entries
  • branë noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • dragë noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ortek noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • rungajë noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِنْهِيَار ثَلْجِيّ noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • تَيْهُور noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Aragonese

2 entries
  • lit noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lurte noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հյուս noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ձնահյուս noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Asturian

2 entries
  • ádene noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ádiga noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • qar uçqunu noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • uçqun noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • uçqun noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • күскен noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • лайғы noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • шыуышма noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ҡар ишелмәһе noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Basque

2 entries
  • elur jausi noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • elurrolde noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • лаві́на noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • лави́на noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • свлачище noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Catalan

1 entries
  • allau noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ھەرەس noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 山崩 noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • 雪崩 noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Czech

1 entries
  • lavina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Danish

3 entries
  • jordskred noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • lavine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • sneskred noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Dutch

2 entries
  • lawine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lawine noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • lavango noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lavangi verb (to come down upon)

Estonian

1 entries
  • laviin noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skalvalop noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lumivyöry noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • maanvyöry noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • vyöry noun (sudden descent or influx)
  • vyöryä verb (to come down upon)

French

3 entries
  • avalanche noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • avalanche noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • avalanche noun (sudden descent or influx)

Galician

4 entries
  • avalancha noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • entullada noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • laredo noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • nafreita noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ზვავი noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ჩაზვავება verb (to come down upon)
  • ჩამოზვავება verb (to come down upon)

German

4 entries
  • Eislawine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • Gletscherlawine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • Lawine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • Lawine noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Greek

3 entries
  • κατολίσθηση noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • χιονοστιβάδα noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • χιονοστιβάδα noun (sudden descent or influx)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • lavalas noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַפֹּלֶת noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हिमस्खलन noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lavina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • snjóflóð noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Ido

2 entries
  • avalancho noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • avalanchar verb (to come down upon)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • longsor noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • salju longsor noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Irish

2 entries
  • maidhm shléibhe noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • maidhm shneachta noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Italian

4 entries
  • frana noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • slavina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • valanga noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • valanga noun (sudden descent or influx)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 山崩れ noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • 雪崩 noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көшкін noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Korean

2 entries
  • 눈사태 noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • 설붕 noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • көчкү noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫິມະຖະຫຼົ່ມ noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Latvian

1 entries
  • lavīna noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • lavina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Lawin noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • лавина noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • лавина noun (sudden descent or influx)
  • одрон noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • свлечиште noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Malay

1 entries
  • salji runtuh noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഹിമപാതം noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Māori

4 entries
  • horo noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • horohuka noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • horonga noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • horonga huka noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • aşît noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • aşît noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • aşît noun (sudden descent or influx)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • lavine noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ras noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • skred noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • snøras noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Occitan

2 entries
  • avalancha noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lau noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Pashto

1 entries
  • يمال noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Persian

3 entries
  • بهمن noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • رانش زمین noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • سیل noun (sudden descent or influx)

Polish

4 entries
  • awalansza noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lawina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • lawina noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • lawina noun (sudden descent or influx)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • avalanche noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • deslizamento noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • deslize noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Romanian

4 entries
  • alunecare noun (sudden descent or influx)
  • alunecare de teren noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • avalanșă noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ebulment noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)

Russian

4 entries
  • лави́на noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • лави́на noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • обва́л noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • обва́л noun (sudden descent or influx)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • maoim-sneachda noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • làvina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • làvina noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • snježna lavina noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • úsov noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Slovak

1 entries
  • lavína noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Slovene

1 entries
  • plaz noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Spanish

2 entries
  • alud noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • avalancha noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Swedish

4 entries
  • jordskred noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • lavin noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • ras noun (fall of earth, rocks, etc.)
  • ras noun (sudden descent or influx)

Tajik

2 entries
  • баҳман noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • тарма noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Thai

1 entries
  • หิมะถล่ม noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • གངས་རུག noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • གངས་རུད noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çığ noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gar topalaňy noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • лави́на noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قار كۆچۈش noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • koʻchki noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lở tuyết noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)
  • tuyết lở noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Welsh

1 entries
  • eirlithrad noun (large sliding mass of snow and ice)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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As soon as you contact your friends, tell them that an avalanche is coming.

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A small snowball is capable of starting an avalanche.

Source: tatoeba (1077670)

The avalanche hurtled tons of snow down the mountain.

Source: tatoeba (1733810)

He was killed in the avalanche.

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