Another step, and you will fall down the precipice.
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Precipice
//ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs//
Synonyms for "precipice" (29 found)
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75 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrëpirë noun (very steep cliff)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρημνός noun (very steep cliff)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- sıldırım noun (very steep cliff)
- uçurum noun (very steep cliff)
Basque
2 entries- amildegi noun (very steep cliff)
- malkar noun (very steep cliff)
Bulgarian
1 entries- урва noun (very steep cliff)
Catalan
2 entries- precipici noun (very steep cliff)
- timba noun (very steep cliff)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 懸崖 /悬崖 noun (very steep cliff)
- 絕壁 /绝壁 noun (very steep cliff)
Dutch
1 entries- afgrond noun (very steep cliff)
Faroese
2 entries- avgrund noun (very steep cliff)
- meitilberg noun (very steep cliff)
Finnish
2 entries- jyrkänne noun (very steep cliff)
- kalliojyrkänne noun (very steep cliff)
French
1 entries- précipice noun (very steep cliff)
Georgian
4 entries- კბოდე noun (very steep cliff)
- უფსკრული noun (very steep cliff)
- ფლატე noun (very steep cliff)
- ხრამი noun (very steep cliff)
German
3 entries- Abgrund noun (very steep cliff)
- Abgrund noun (brink of a dangerous situation)
- Steilhang noun (very steep cliff)
Greek
2 entries- γκρεμνός noun (very steep cliff)
- γκρεμός noun (very steep cliff)
Hebrew
1 entries- צוק noun (very steep cliff)
Hindi
2 entries- खड़ी चट्टान noun (very steep cliff)
- दरद noun (very steep cliff)
Indonesian
1 entries- gawir noun (very steep cliff)
Interlingua
1 entries- precipitio noun (very steep cliff)
Italian
4 entries- baratro noun (very steep cliff)
- burrone noun (very steep cliff)
- dirupo noun (very steep cliff)
- precipizio noun (very steep cliff)
Japanese
2 entries- 断崖 noun (very steep cliff)
- 絶壁 noun (very steep cliff)
Korean
1 entries- 절벽 noun (very steep cliff)
Latin
1 entries- abruptum noun (very steep cliff)
Macedonian
2 entries- про́паст noun (very steep cliff)
- у́рва noun (very steep cliff)
Middle High German
1 entries- stouf noun (very steep cliff)
Māori
3 entries- paritū noun (very steep cliff)
- tupari noun (very steep cliff)
- tūparengahua noun (very steep cliff)
Old English
1 entries- stéap noun (very steep cliff)
Old Norse
3 entries- brant noun (very steep cliff)
- bratt noun (very steep cliff)
- stapi noun (very steep cliff)
Old Swedish
3 entries- brant noun (very steep cliff)
- stapi noun (very steep cliff)
- stapul noun (very steep cliff)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قیا noun (very steep cliff)
- یار noun (very steep cliff)
Polish
1 entries- przepaść noun (very steep cliff)
Portuguese
1 entries- precipício noun (very steep cliff)
Romanian
3 entries- genune noun (very steep cliff)
- prăpastie noun (very steep cliff)
- râpă noun (very steep cliff)
Russian
2 entries- обры́в noun (very steep cliff)
- про́пасть noun (very steep cliff)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पर्शान noun (very steep cliff)
Spanish
2 entries- despeñadero noun (very steep cliff)
- precipicio noun (very steep cliff)
Sundanese
1 entries- gawir noun (very steep cliff)
Swedish
4 entries- brant noun (very steep cliff)
- stape noun (very steep cliff)
- stop noun (very steep cliff)
- stup noun (very steep cliff)
Tarifit
1 entries- addar noun (very steep cliff)
Tocharian B
1 entries- yast noun (very steep cliff)
Turkish
1 entries- uçurum noun (very steep cliff)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кру́ча noun (very steep cliff)
- прі́рва noun (very steep cliff)
Sample sentences
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The climber stayed alert while climbing the precipice.
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Daphnis frequently collected such of the sheep as had strayed, and if a goat ventured too near a precipice Chloe drove it back.
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Beneath a precipice, that fronts the wave, / with limpid springs inside, and many a seat / of living marble, lies a sheltered cave, / home of the Sea-Nymphs. In this haven sweet / cable nor biting anchor moors the fleet.
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