Embankment
//ɪmˈbæŋkmənt//
Translations of "embankment" (38 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | kārum(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Albanian | argjinaturë(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πρόχωσις(artificial mound of earth and stone) | prókhōsis | |
| Bulgarian | дига(artificial mound of earth and stone), насип(artificial mound of earth and stone) | diga, nasip | |
| Catalan | terraplè(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 堤岸(artificial mound of earth and stone) | dī'àn | |
| Czech | násep(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Danish | dige(artificial mound of earth and stone), dæmning(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Dutch | waterkering(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Egyptian | i-x-m-t-N36(artificial mound of earth and stone) | jḫmt | |
| Esperanto | digo(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Estonian | vall(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Finnish | penger(artificial mound of earth and stone), penkka(artificial mound of earth and stone), valli(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| French | chaussée(artificial mound of earth and stone), talus(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| German | Bahndamm(artificial mound of earth and stone), Böschung(artificial mound of earth and stone), Dammschüttung(artificial mound of earth and stone), Eindeichung(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Hawaiian | kuāuna(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Hindi | तटबंध(artificial mound of earth and stone), बंधा(artificial mound of earth and stone) | taṭbandh, bandhā | |
| Hungarian | töltés(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Italian | argine(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Japanese | 堤防(artificial mound of earth and stone), 盛土(artificial mound of earth and stone) | morido | |
| Kapampangan | tarundung(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Korean | 방조제(artificial mound of earth and stone) | bangjoje | |
| Malayalam | ചിറ(artificial mound of earth and stone) | ciṟa | |
| Manx | cleih(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Māori | maioro (for fortification)(artificial mound of earth and stone), oneone(artificial mound of earth and stone), parepare(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | اور(artificial mound of earth and stone) | or | |
| Polish | nasyp(artificial mound of earth and stone), wał(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Portuguese | dique(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Romanian | terasament(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Russian | на́бережная(artificial mound of earth and stone), на́сыпь(artificial mound of earth and stone) | náberežnaja, násypʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | nasip(artificial mound of earth and stone), zagat(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Spanish | terraplén(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Swedish | fördämning(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Tagalog | pimpin(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Ukrainian | наси́п(artificial mound of earth and stone) | nasýp | |
| Uyghur | كۆتەرمە(artificial mound of earth and stone) | köterme | |
| Venetan | terajo(artificial mound of earth and stone), àrxen(artificial mound of earth and stone), àrzare(artificial mound of earth and stone), àrđen(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — | |
| Welsh | clawdd(artificial mound of earth and stone) | — |
kārum
argjinaturë
terraplè
násep
dige, dæmning
waterkering
digo
vall
penger, penkka, valli
chaussée, talus
Bahndamm, Böschung, Dammschüttung, Eindeichung
kuāuna
töltés
argine
tarundung
cleih
maioro (for fortification), oneone, parepare
nasyp, wał
dique
terasament
nasip, zagat
terraplén
fördämning
pimpin
terajo, àrxen, àrzare, àrđen
clawdd
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.