force

From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss.

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

to see the falls or force of the river Kent

1778, Thomas West, A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire:

(countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.


spout

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

[…] the river rushes over the Auchinlilie Lin or Spout, a tremendous chataract^([sic]); after which it proceeds in a more quiet course, and is navigable to the village of Carron Shore.

1805, Robert Forsyth, The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County ..., page 388:

The Spout of Garnock is a wild and romantic waterfall upon that stream in the moors of Kilbirnie parish. The rock here is also porphyry. The porphyry upon the east side of the fall is much rent, and has fallen forward[…]

1839, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 434:

[…] a streamlet made a little spout over some stones to serve me for a water-tap.

1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, An Inland Voyage: Travels with a Donkey [in the Cévennes], page 219:

[…] you can follow a footpath from the fine Victorian Mallyan Spout Hotel to the national park's most famous waterfalls – the 80ft-high Mallyan Spout. When you get to the beck, turn left, and the waterfall is a couple of hundred yards along the bank; it can be wet underfoot[…]

2015 April 1, Jos Simon, The Rough Guide to Yorkshire, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN, page 245:

A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.


cataract

→ Cebuano: katarak

→ Marshallese: kōtrāāk

From Middle English cataract, cateract, cateracte, cataracta, from Latin cataracta (“waterfall, portcullis”), from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), from καταράσσω (katarássō, “I pour down”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + ἀράσσω (arássō, “to strike, dash”). Its pathological sense probably came from its alternative sense in Latin, “portcullis”, through French through the notion of “obstruction”, in this case, of vision.

der

The cataracts on the Nile helped to compartment Upper Egypt.

A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.


cataract

nl-noun

cataract f (plural cataracten, diminutive cataractje n)

cataracten (plural)
cataractje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: katarak

→ Indonesian: katarak

From Middle Dutch cataracte, from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs).


waterfall

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം

veḷḷaccāṭṭaṁ

A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

(figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

(technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model


foss

From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force (“waterfall”).

Another of his flock was spotted garrotted, one found twisted and drowned at the bottom of a foss and a third split cleanly from scut to teeth.

2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 101:


sault

In the sense "jump (made by a horse)", from Middle French sault, saut (and in the sense "waterfall", from that word's Colonial-era descendant, 17th-century French sault, corresponding to modern French saut (“jump”)), from Latin saltus.


chute

From a merger of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *cadūta) and cheoite (from Vulgar Latin cadecta), both feminine past participles of cheoir, whence modern choir (compare chu).

Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara.


slap

slȃp (canonical masculine)
сла̑п (Cyrillic)
slȃp (nominative singular)
slápovi (nominative plural)
slapa (genitive singular)
slapova (genitive plural)
slapu (dative singular)
slapovima (dative plural)
slap (accusative singular)
slapove (accusative plural)
slape (singular vocative)
slapovi (plural vocative)
slapu (locative singular)
slapovima (locative plural)
slapom (instrumental singular)
slapovima (instrumental plural)


slap

slȃp (canonical inanimate masculine)
slȃp (nominative singular)
slapȏva (dual nominative)
slapȏvi (nominative plural)
slapȗ (genitive singular)
slapóv (dual genitive)
slapóv (genitive plural)
slȃpu (dative singular)
slȃpi (dative singular)
slapȏvoma (dative dual)
slapȏvama (dative dual)
slapȏvom (dative plural)
slȃpȏvam (dative plural)
slȃp (accusative singular)
slapȏva (accusative dual)
slapȏve (accusative plural)
slȃpu (locative singular)
slȃpi (locative singular)
slapȏvih (dual locative)
slapȏvih (locative plural)
slȃpom (instrumental singular)
slapȏvoma (dual instrumental)
slapȏvama (dual instrumental)
slapȏvi (instrumental plural)
slȃp (singular vocative)
slapȏva (dual vocative)
slapȏvi (plural vocative)
slȃp (nominative singular)
slȃpa (dual nominative)
slȃpi (nominative plural)
slȃpa (genitive singular)
slȃpov (dual genitive)
slȃpov (genitive plural)
slȃpu (dative singular)
slȃpi (dative singular)
slȃpoma (dative dual)
slȃpama (dative dual)
slȃpom (dative plural)
slȃpam (dative plural)
slȃp (accusative singular)
slȃpa (accusative dual)
slȃpe (accusative plural)
slȃpu (locative singular)
slȃpi (locative singular)
slȃpih (dual locative)
slȃpah (dual locative)
slȃpih (locative plural)
slȃpah (locative plural)
slȃpom (instrumental singular)
slȃpoma (dual instrumental)
slȃpama (dual instrumental)
slȃpi (instrumental plural)
slȃp (singular vocative)
slȃpa (dual vocative)
slȃpi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *salpás, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.


falls

Niagara Falls

And climbed up through the woods, past the lake island where the white gazebo stood up to its knees in mist, up to where a falls fell melodiously into a deep dark pool.

1983 [1981], John Crowley, “The Art of Memory”, in Little, Big, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 475:


linn

From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”), though this and linn (“pool”) have been somewhat conflated.

What seek we here / Amid this waste where desolation scowls, / And the red torrent, brawling down the linn, / Sings everlasting discord?

1814, J. H. Craig [pseudonym; James Hogg], The Hunting of Badlewe: A Dramatic Tale, London: H[enry] Colburn; Edinburgh: G. Goldie, →OCLC, page 1; quoted in “The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale. 8vo. Edin. 1814. [From the Scottish Review.]”, in The Analectic Magazine, Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, together with Original Miscellaneous Compositions, volume V (New Series), Philadelphia, Pa.: Published and sold by Moses Thomas, […], May 1815, →OCLC, pages 353–354:

"For it's o'er the bank, and it's o'er the linn,
"And it's up to the meadow ridge—"
"Ay," quo' the Stumpie hirpling in,

1844 December, “The Legend of Stumpie's Brae”, in The Dublin University Magazine, page 720:

And the roaring of the linn.

1866, John Harland, Lancashire Lyrics: Modern Songs & Ballads of the County Balatine, section 85:

Hear! now, Yon linn's melodious thunder!

1896, Lewis Proudlock, The Borderland Muse, page 51:

(UK dialectal, especially Scotland, Northern England, Wales) A (small or large) waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.


cascade

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.

The silver brook […] pours the white cascade.

1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Spirit of Poetry:

In the first week of May, Sharp began his summit push.
He scaled the North Col, an ice cascade riddled with gaping crevasses, and established a camp at about 25,920 feet, where tents often must be pitched at 45-degree angles. But when he awoke on the third morning, it was snowing and extremely windy, and Sharp decided to abandon the attempt.

2006 July 23, Allen G. Breed, Binaj Gurubacharya, “A Climber's Highest Ambition Twice, Briton David Sharp Attempted To Conquer the World's Tallest Mountain. Then He Made His Third Try.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-16:

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം

veḷḷaccāṭṭaṁ

A cascade can be added to one or both sides of the band to work well with longer hair.

1998, Teresa Nelson, Creative Wedding Decorations You Can Make, →ISBN, page 10:

A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.


cascade

en-verb

cascade (third-person singular simple present cascades, present participle cascading, simple past and past participle cascaded)

cascades (present singular third-person)
cascading (participle present)
cascaded (participle past)
cascaded (past)

Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk High are currently suspended, following a 30-metre breach of the Union Canal that occurred on August 12 after torrential rain and thunderstorms. The thousands of gallons of water that cascaded onto the railway line below washed away track, ballast and overhead line equipment, and undermined embankments along a 300-metre section of Scotland's busiest rail link.

2020 August 26, “Network News: Major flood damage severs key Edinburgh-Glasgow rail artery”, in Rail, page 21:

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

herabstürzen

to fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls

No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual.

2001, Greg M Perry, Sams teach yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 hours:

(transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.

hintereinanderschalten

to arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall


cascade

→ Danish: kaskade

→ Dutch: cascade

→ English: cascade

→ German: Kaskade

→ Romanian: cascadă

→ Swedish: kaskad

Borrowed from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”).


vodopad

vȍdopād (canonical masculine)
во̏допа̄д (Cyrillic)
vodopad (nominative singular)
vodopadi (nominative plural)
vodopada (genitive singular)
vodopada (genitive plural)
vodopadu (dative singular)
vodopadima (dative plural)
vodopad (accusative singular)
vodopade (accusative plural)
vodopade (singular vocative)
vodopadi (plural vocative)
vodopadu (locative singular)
vodopadima (locative plural)
vodopadom (instrumental singular)
vodopadima (instrumental plural)

From voda (“water”) + -o- + pad (“fall”).


слап

сла̑п (canonical masculine)
slȃp (romanization)
сла̑п (nominative singular)
сла́пови (nominative plural)
слапа (genitive singular)
слапова (genitive plural)
слапу (dative singular)
слаповима (dative plural)
слап (accusative singular)
слапове (accusative plural)
слапе (singular vocative)
слапови (plural vocative)
слапу (locative singular)
слаповима (locative plural)
слапом (instrumental singular)
слаповима (instrumental plural)


водопад

bg-noun

водопа́д • (vodopád) m

водопа́д (canonical)
vodopád (romanization)
водопа́д (indefinite singular)
водопа́ди (indefinite plural)
водопа́дът (definite singular subjective)
водопа́дите (definite plural subjective)
водопа́да (definite objective singular)
водопа́дите (definite objective plural)
водопа́да (count-form plural)

вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -о- (-o-) + пад (pad, “fall, drop”)


водопад

ru-noun+

водопа́д • (vodopád) m inan (genitive водопа́да, nominative plural водопа́ды, genitive plural водопа́дов)

водопа́д (canonical)
vodopád (romanization)
водопа́да (genitive)
водопа́ды (nominative plural)
водопа́дов (genitive plural)
водопа́д (nominative singular)
водопа́ды (nominative plural)
водопа́да (genitive singular)
водопа́дов (genitive plural)
водопа́ду (dative singular)
водопа́дам (dative plural)
водопа́д (accusative singular)
водопа́ды (accusative plural)
водопа́дом (instrumental singular)
водопа́дами (instrumental plural)
водопа́де (prepositional singular)
водопа́дах (plural prepositional)

Ru-водопад.oga

вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -о- (-o-) + па́дать (pádatʹ, “fall”)


водопад

во̏допа̄д (canonical masculine)
vȍdopād (romanization)
водопад (nominative singular)
водопади (nominative plural)
водопада (genitive singular)
водопада (genitive plural)
водопаду (dative singular)
водопадима (dative plural)
водопад (accusative singular)
водопаде (accusative plural)
водопаде (singular vocative)
водопади (plural vocative)
водопаду (locative singular)
водопадима (locative plural)
водопадом (instrumental singular)
водопадима (instrumental plural)

вода + па̏сти, пад.

com

вода + па̏сти


stickle

From Middle English *stikel, *stykyl (in compounds), from Old English sticel (“a prickle, sting, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”), related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). Cognate with Dutch stekel, Icelandic stikill, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (whence Russian стекло́ (stekló, “glass”), Lithuanian stìklas).


stickle

en-adj

stickle (comparative more stickle, superlative most stickle)

more stickle (comparative)
most stickle (superlative)

From Middle English stikel, from Old English sticel, sticol (“high, lofty, steep, reaching great heights, inaccessible”), from Proto-Germanic *stikulaz, *stikkulaz (“high, steep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick; peak”).

der

(UK, dialect) High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.


stickle

[P]atient Anglers ſtanding all the day / Neere to ſome ſhallovv ſtickle or deepe bay.

1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Iohn Haviland, published 1625, →OCLC, page 143:


buk

bȗk (canonical masculine)
бу̑к (Cyrillic)
bȗk (nominative singular)
bȕkovi (nominative plural)
bȗci (nominative plural)
buka (genitive singular)
bukova (genitive plural)
buka (genitive plural)
buku (dative singular)
bukovima (dative plural)
bucima (dative plural)
buk (accusative singular)
bukove (accusative plural)
buke (accusative plural)
buče (singular vocative)
bukovi (plural vocative)
buci (plural vocative)
buku (locative singular)
bukovima (locative plural)
bucima (locative plural)
bukom (instrumental singular)
bukovima (instrumental plural)
bucima (instrumental plural)


waterval

nl-noun

waterval m (plural watervallen, diminutive watervalletje n)

watervallen (plural)
watervalletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: waterval

Skepi Creole Dutch: water fall


kaskada

kaskada (nominative singular)
kaskady (nominative plural)
kaskady (genitive singular)
kaskad (genitive plural)
kaskadzie (dative singular)
kaskadom (dative plural)
kaskadę (accusative singular)
kaskady (accusative plural)
kaskadą (instrumental singular)
kaskadami (instrumental plural)
kaskadzie (locative singular)
kaskadach (locative plural)
kaskado (singular vocative)
kaskady (plural vocative)

cascade (series of natural or artificial waterfalls)


Wasserfall

de-noun

Wasserfall m (strong, genitive Wasserfalles or Wasserfalls, plural Wasserfälle)

Wasserfalles (genitive)
Wasserfalls (genitive)
Wasserfälle (plural)
Wasserfall (nominative singular)
Wasserfälle (definite nominative plural)
Wasserfalles (genitive singular)
Wasserfalls (genitive singular)
Wasserfälle (definite genitive plural)
Wasserfall (dative singular)
Wasserfalle (dative singular)
Wasserfällen (dative definite plural)
Wasserfall (accusative singular)
Wasserfälle (accusative definite plural)


Katarakt

Katarakt m (strong, genitive Kataraktes or Katarakts, plural Katarakte)

Kataraktes (genitive)
Katarakts (genitive)
Katarakte (plural)
Katarakt (nominative singular)
Katarakte (definite nominative plural)
Kataraktes (genitive singular)
Katarakts (genitive singular)
Katarakte (definite genitive plural)
Katarakt (dative singular)
Katarakte (dative singular)
Katarakten (dative definite plural)
Katarakt (accusative singular)
Katarakte (accusative definite plural)


Katarakt

Katarakt f (genitive Katarakt, plural Katarakte)

Katarakt (genitive)
Katarakte (plural)
Katarakt (nominative singular)
Katarakte (definite nominative plural)
Katarakt (genitive singular)
Katarakte (definite genitive plural)
Katarakt (dative singular)
Katarakten (dative definite plural)
Katarakt (accusative singular)
Katarakte (accusative definite plural)


cascata

desctree

→ French: cascade
→ Danish: kaskade
→ Dutch: cascade
→ English: cascade
→ German: Kaskade
→ Romanian: cascadă
→ Swedish: kaskad

→ Maltese: kaskata

→ Portuguese: cascata

→ Spanish: cascada

→ Catalan: cascada

From cascare + -ata; cognate with Piedmontese cascà; from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).


cascata

Borrowed from Italian cascata (“cascade, waterfall”), ultimately from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).


cataracte

From Latin cataracta (“waterfall, drawbridge”).


catarata

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταράκτης (kataráktēs, “down-rushing”).


καταρράκτης

grc-noun

κᾰταρρᾱ́κτης

κᾰταρρᾱ́κτου

κᾰταρρᾱ́κτης • (katarrhā́ktēs) m (genitive κᾰταρρᾱ́κτου); first declension

κᾰταρρᾱ́κτης (canonical)
katarrhā́ktēs (romanization)
κᾰταρρᾱ́κτου (genitive)
ὁ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτης (nominative singular)
τὼ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ (dual nominative)
οἱ κᾰτᾰρρᾶκται (nominative plural)
τοῦ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτου (genitive singular)
τοῖν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταιν (dual genitive)
τῶν κᾰτᾰρρᾱκτῶν (genitive plural)
τῷ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτῃ (dative singular)
τοῖν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταιν (dative dual)
τοῖς κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κταις (dative plural)
τὸν κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτην (accusative singular)
τὼ κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ (accusative dual)
τοὺς κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱς (accusative plural)
κᾰτᾰρρᾶκτᾰ (singular vocative)
κᾰτᾰρρᾱ́κτᾱ (dual vocative)
κᾰτᾰρρᾶκται (plural vocative)

grc-decl

κᾰτᾰρράˉκτης

Greek: καταρράκτης (katarráktis)

→ Aramaic: אגטרגטא (agṭragṭā)

desc

→ Coptic: ⲕⲁⲧⲁϩⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ (katahraktēs), ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲥ (kataraktēs) — Bohairic

→ Latin: cataracta (see there for further descendants)

From καταρρᾱ́σσω (katarrhā́ssō) + -της (-tēs), the former from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + ῥᾱ́σσω (rhā́ssō, “to strike, dash”).


καταρράκτης

head

καταρράκτης • (katarráktis) m (plural καταρράκτες)

katarráktis (romanization)
καταρράκτες (plural)
καταρράκτης (nominative singular)
καταρράκτες (nominative plural)
καταρράκτη (genitive singular)
καταρρακτών (genitive plural)
καταρράκτη (accusative singular)
καταρράκτες (accusative plural)
καταρράκτη (singular vocative)
καταρράκτες (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs)


wodospad

pl-noun

wodospad m inan (diminutive wodospadzik)

wodospadzik (diminutive)
wodospad (nominative singular)
wodospady (nominative plural)
wodospadu (genitive singular)
wodospadów (genitive plural)
wodospadowi (dative singular)
wodospadom (dative plural)
wodospad (accusative singular)
wodospady (accusative plural)
wodospadem (instrumental singular)
wodospadami (instrumental plural)
wodospadzie (locative singular)
wodospadach (locative plural)
wodospadzie (singular vocative)
wodospady (plural vocative)

waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


punch bowl waterfall

en-noun

punch bowl waterfall (plural punch bowl waterfalls)

A waterfall formed when a stream is forced through a constricted channel and descends outward into a plunge basin forming a plunge pool.


cascada

Borrowed from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), based on Latin cāsus (“fallen”).


Niagara Falls

Niagara + Falls (waterfall)
* The cities are named after the waterfalls they are located next to.

Coordinate term: Goat Island

A waterfall in the Niagara river, Niagara region, on the international border between Canada and United States, in both Ontario and New York state; Massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River.

شلالات نياجارا

šalālāt nīāǧārā

شلالات نياغارا

šalālāt nīāġārā


瀑布

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (瀑布):
* → Japanese: 瀑(ばく)布(ふ) (bakufu)
* → Korean: 폭포(瀑布) (pokpo)

/pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/puʔ⁵⁻²¹ puɔ²¹³/

/pʰɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/

/pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²¹/

/pɔk̚³⁵⁻² pɔ³¹/

/pɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/

/pɔk̚⁴⁻¹ pɔ²¹/

/pɔk̚⁴⁻³² pʰɔ¹¹/

/pʰak̚⁴⁻² pou²¹³/

/pʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/puʔ⁵⁻²¹ puɔ²¹³/

/pʰɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pɔ²¹/

/pʰɔk̚⁴⁻³² pɔ²¹/

/pɔk̚³⁵⁻² pɔ³¹/

/pɔk̚²⁴⁻² pɔ⁴¹/

/pɔk̚⁴⁻¹ pɔ²¹/

/pɔk̚⁴⁻³² pʰɔ¹¹/

/pʰak̚⁴⁻² pou²¹³/

waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


waterfalling

If the film folds over on itself as a result of turbulent flow or "waterfalling," the effects can be particularly damaging.

2003, George E. Totten, D. Scott MacKenzie, Handbook of Aluminum: Physical metallurgy and processes:

If the casting is poorly designed, waterfalling will result.

2009, ASM International, Casting design and performance:

(engineering) Turbulent flow, or the damage caused by such turbulence (such as spalling).

(engineering) Applying a waterfall model of design and project management to any particular project or phase thereof (in contrast with applying an agile model).

(outdoor sports) Hiking to and climbing up active waterfalls.


شلال

ar-noun

شَلَّال • (šallāl) m (plural شَلَّالَات (šallālāt))

شَلَّال (canonical)
šallāl (romanization)
شَلَّالَات (plural)
شَلَّال (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الشَّلَّال (definite informal singular triptote)
شَلَّال (construct informal singular triptote)
شَلَّالٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
شَلَّالُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
شَلَّالًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
شَلَّالَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
شَلَّالٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
شَلَّالِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
شَلَّالَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
شَلَّالَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الشَّلَّالَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
شَلَّالَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
شَلَّالَات (feminine indefinite informal plural sound-form)
الشَّلَّالَات (definite feminine informal plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَات (construct feminine informal plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتٌ (feminine indefinite nominative plural sound-form)
الشَّلَّالَاتُ (definite feminine nominative plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتُ (construct feminine nominative plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتٍ (accusative feminine indefinite plural sound-form)
الشَّلَّالَاتِ (accusative definite feminine plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتِ (accusative construct feminine plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتٍ (feminine genitive indefinite plural sound-form)
الشَّلَّالَاتِ (definite feminine genitive plural sound-form)
شَلَّالَاتِ (construct feminine genitive plural sound-form)

Gulf Arabic: شلال (šallāl)

Hijazi Arabic: شلال (šallāl)

→ Azerbaijani: şəlalə

→ Ottoman Turkish: شلاله

→ Turkish: şelale

→ Tajik: шалола (šalola)

→ Uzbek: shalola

From Aramaic, but badly attested there, see شِلَّة (šilla, “hank, skein”) for what is attested in Aramaic; however Mishnaic Hebrew offers an exact שלולית (“torrent, cataract etc.”). Contaminated the root ش ل ل (š-l-l) with meanings of flowing on or pouring forth if those are not separately borrowed from other badly attested Aramaic forms for “flowing”.


busay

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay.


busay

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəsay. Compare Asi busay, Bikol Central busay, Cebuano busay and Tausug busay.


busay

In Dullian iban Merloquet Falls amuna in manga duwa busay kakitaan ha Daira sin Sambuwangan.

The two waterfalls that can be found in the City of Zamboanga are, Dullian and Merloquet Falls.


бук

бу̑к (canonical masculine)
bȗk (romanization)
бу̑к (nominative singular)
бу̏кови (nominative plural)
бу̑ци (nominative plural)
бука (genitive singular)
букова (genitive plural)
бука (genitive plural)
буку (dative singular)
буковима (dative plural)
буцима (dative plural)
бук (accusative singular)
букове (accusative plural)
буке (accusative plural)
буче (singular vocative)
букови (plural vocative)
буци (plural vocative)
буку (locative singular)
буковима (locative plural)
буцима (locative plural)
буком (instrumental singular)
буковима (instrumental plural)
буцима (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

бу̏кови/бу̑ци

буковима/буцима

буковима/буцима

буковима/буцима


plunge waterfall

en-noun

plunge waterfall (plural plunge waterfalls)

punch bowl waterfall
punch bowl waterfall


katarakta

katarakta (nominative singular)
katarakty (nominative plural)
katarakty (genitive singular)
katarakt (genitive plural)
katarakcie (dative singular)
kataraktom (dative plural)
kataraktę (accusative singular)
katarakty (accusative plural)
kataraktą (instrumental singular)
kataraktami (instrumental plural)
katarakcie (locative singular)
kataraktach (locative plural)
katarakto (singular vocative)
katarakty (plural vocative)

cataract (large waterfall; steep rapids in a river)


падало

bg-noun

па́дало or пада́ло • (pádalo or padálo) n

па́дало (canonical)
пада́ло (canonical)
pádalo (romanization)
padálo (romanization)
па́дало (indefinite singular)
пада́ло (indefinite singular)
па́дала (indefinite plural)
падала́ (indefinite plural)
па́далото (definite singular)
пада́лото (definite singular)
па́далата (definite plural)
падала́та (definite plural)

bg-ndecl

па́дало<a>, пада́ло<b>

па́дам (pádam, “to fall”) + -ало (-alo, “instrumental suffix”)


byfall

The ceremonies are as it were an income or a byfall.

A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.

There was the small byfall to which I have referred; there was the weir proper; there was a broadish lasher, the whole between them making a very fair description of tumbling bay, flanked by strong, individual streams.

A fall of water, usually lesser in size, near to or beside a larger, more predominant waterfall.


plunge pool

By about 450,000 years ago melting glaciers had created a gigantic lake to the north of the chalk ridge, which filled until water began to pour over in a series of cascades so immense that they created ʻplunge poolsʼ up to 140 metres deep at their bases.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:

A pool that is small in diameter, but deep, usually resulting from erosion by a natural force such as a waterfall or rapids.


tidefall

A waterfall that empties directly into the sea; a coastal waterfall

The transition of tides to or from high tide and low tide


Iguazu

A river in Brazil and Argentina, that starts in the Brazilian mountains in Serra do Mar and flows into the Paraná in Brazil.


Great Falls

A city, the county seat of Cascade County, Montana.


водоскок

bg-noun

водоско́к • (vodoskók) m

водоско́к (canonical)
vodoskók (romanization)
водоско́к (indefinite singular)
водоско́ци (indefinite plural)
водоско́кът (definite singular subjective)
водоско́ците (definite plural subjective)
водоско́ка (definite objective singular)
водоско́ците (definite objective plural)
водоско́ка (count-form plural)

вода́ (vodá, “water”) + -о- (-o-) + скок (skok, “jump”)


catadupe

From French catadupe, from Latin Catadūpa, name of the first cataract of the Nile, from Ancient Greek Κατάδουποι (Katádoupoi); see Catadupe for more.

Yet was not this all; for hither to the north boiled the majestic cataract in unimaginable grandiloquence, and thither to the south sparkled the gentle catadupe in serene and incandescent tranquillity, whilst far and near the halcyon brooklet flowed between!

1938, Mark Twain (Bernard DeVoto, ed.), Letters from the Earth, page 110:

It happens oftentimes that in the church of God, where the waters of Siloam should run with silence, there is nothing heard but the tempestuous roaring of some gulf or catadupe.

1978, Daniel Tuvill, John L. Lievsay, Essays Politic and Moral and Essays Moral and Theological, →ISBN, page 129:

It sounds just like storing up more catadupes of undigested data.

2001 Autumn, Andrew Ehrenberg, “Marketing: Romantic or realist”, in Marketing Research, volume 13, number 3:


плескало

bg-noun

плеска́ло • (pleskálo) n

плеска́ло (canonical)
pleskálo (romanization)
плеска́ло (indefinite singular)
плескала́ (indefinite plural)
плеска́лото (definite singular)
плескала́та (definite plural)

bg-ndecl

плеска́ло<b>

пля́скам (pljáskam, “to slap, to clap, to splash”) + -ало (-alo, “instrumental suffix”)

affix

(dialectal, colloquial) splashing water (appellation for waterfall)


fervenza

[feɾˈβ̞ɛn̪.θɐ]

[feɾˈβ̞ɛn̪.θɐ]

From Latin ferventia (“boiling”), or ferver + -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico


cenza

From Latin salientia (“springing forth, flowing down”). Compare Catalan sallent.

inh

hai outros pequenos regueiros que baixan polas petas ladeiras formando fermosas fervenzas, aquí denominadas cenzas

2004, José Rodríguez Cruz, Trazos sobre a vestimenta tradicional no surleste de Ourense, Ourense: Deputación Provincial, page 145:

there are other streams flowing down by the slopes and forming picturesque waterfalls, locally called cenzas


thác

vi-noun

(classifier cái, con, ngọn) thác • (𣴜, 󰋰)

cái (classifier)
con (classifier)
ngọn (classifier)
𣴜 (CJK)


spray bow

From spray + bow, by analogy with rainbow.

M. Kohl gives us some graphic descriptions, especially of the scene behind the Horse-shoe Fall, and of a lunar spray-bow on the American, for which we must refer to his book.

1861 January, anonymous author, The Westminster Review, Canada, page 34:

Now that level place, or bench-table went up to the very gushing and green bow of the water, so Ralph took Ursula's hand and led her along, she going a little after him, till he was close to the Well, and stood amidst the spray-bow thereof, so that he looked verily like one of the painted angels on the choir wall of St. Laurence of Upmeads.

1896, William Morris, The Well at the World's End: A Tale, Volume 2, page 94:

It would need a long essay in optics, I imagine, to explain why the spray-bow was very blue and the cloud-bow quite without this colour ; for rainbows differ more in their attributes than most observers recognise.

1935, Sir William Beach Thomas, Village England, page 95:

I sometimes amuse myself by making spray bows with a plant spray.

2002, John Naylor, Out of the Blue: A 24-Hour Skywatcher's Guide, page 106:

(meteorology) A rainbow formed from water spray, especially that which emanates from a waterfall.


freixa

Probably from Latin fragium (“fracture”). Compare Acquafraggia in Italy.


seimeira

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia salime (compare Asturian Salime), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to move quickly”), and the Romance suffix -eira.


siklawa

siklawa (nominative singular)
siklawy (nominative plural)
siklawy (genitive singular)
siklaw (genitive plural)
siklawie (dative singular)
siklawom (dative plural)
siklawę (accusative singular)
siklawy (accusative plural)
siklawą (instrumental singular)
siklawami (instrumental plural)
siklawie (locative singular)
siklawach (locative plural)
siklawo (singular vocative)
siklawy (plural vocative)

mountain waterfall in the Tatra Mountains


Tinuy-an

a multi-tiered waterfall in Bislig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines


kōtrāāk

Borrowed from English cataract, from Middle English cataract, cateract, cataracta, from Latin cataracta (“waterfall, portcullis”), from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), from καταράσσω (katarássō, “I pour down”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + ἀράσσω (arássō, “to strike, dash”).


бучало

bg-noun

буча́ло • (bučálo) n

буча́ло (canonical)
bučálo (romanization)
буча́ло (indefinite singular)
бучала́ (indefinite plural)
буча́лото (definite singular)
бучала́та (definite plural)

буча (buča, “to rumble, to hum”) + -ало (-alo, “instrumental suffix”)

affix

(dialectal, colloquial) roaring water (appellation for waterfall or water spring)


скакавица

bg-noun

скака́вица • (skakávica) f

скака́вица (canonical)
skakávica (romanization)
скака́вица (indefinite singular)
скака́вици (indefinite plural)
скака́вицата (definite singular)
скака́виците (definite plural)

bg-ndecl

скака́вица<>

ска́чам (skáčam, “to jump, to hop”) + -авица (-avica)


пръскало

bg-noun

пръска́ло • (prǎskálo) n

пръска́ло (canonical)
prǎskálo (romanization)
пръска́ло (indefinite singular)
пръскала́ (indefinite plural)
пръска́лото (definite singular)
пръскала́та (definite plural)

bg-ndecl

пръска́ло<b>

пръ́скам (prǎ́skam, “to sprinkle”) + -ало (-alo, “instrumental suffix”)

affix

(dialectal, colloquial) sprinkling water (appellation for waterfall)


c̣haár

ڇھار (Perso-Arabic)
c̣haár (nominative singular)
c̣harí (nominative plural)
c̣harí (oblique singular)
c̣haríim (oblique plural)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-
Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-
Sanskrit क्षर् (kṣar)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Sanskrit -अ (-a)
Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara)
Phalura c̣haár
Inherited from Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara, “melting away; cloud; water”).


forcefall

From Middle English *forsfal, from Old Norse forsfall (“waterfall, torrent”), equivalent to force (“waterfall”) + fall. Compare Icelandic fossfall (“waterfall, torrent”).

cog

For down from His heights, marking the descent by "forcefalls" as a river marks declivities in its bed by cataracts, comes this supreme power; […]

1924, Frederick Spencer Oliver, A Dweller on Two Planets, page 64:

Tops of sweet birch snap strong and stiff like bones busting against bats or the sides of heads slapping concrete through the forcefall that takes a score more limbs before piercing top soil like carelessly falling arrows.

1990, Gladys Goring Johnson, December, volume 33, page 82:

(rare, literal or figurative) A waterfall or cascading torrent.


wodogrzmot

wodogrzmot (nominative singular)
wodogrzmoty (nominative plural)
wodogrzmotu (genitive singular)
wodogrzmotów (genitive plural)
wodogrzmotowi (dative singular)
wodogrzmotom (dative plural)
wodogrzmot (accusative singular)
wodogrzmoty (accusative plural)
wodogrzmotem (instrumental singular)
wodogrzmotami (instrumental plural)
wodogrzmocie (locative singular)
wodogrzmotach (locative plural)
wodogrzmocie (singular vocative)
wodogrzmoty (plural vocative)


水雙叉

(Sanxia Hokkien) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


水寨

(Taiwanese Hakka) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


水沖

/su̯i³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/su̯i³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


водоспад

uk-noun

водоспа́д<genu>

водоспа́д • (vodospád) m inan (genitive водоспа́ду, nominative plural водоспа́ди, genitive plural водоспа́дів)

водоспа́д (canonical)
vodospád (romanization)
водоспа́ду (genitive)
водоспа́ди (nominative plural)
водоспа́дів (genitive plural)
водоспа́д (nominative singular)
водоспа́ди (nominative plural)
водоспа́ду (genitive singular)
водоспа́дів (genitive plural)
водоспа́дові (dative singular)
водоспа́ду (dative singular)
водоспа́дам (dative plural)
водоспа́д (accusative singular)
водоспа́ди (accusative plural)
водоспа́дом (instrumental singular)
водоспа́дами (instrumental plural)
водоспа́ді (locative singular)
водоспа́дах (locative plural)
водоспа́де (singular vocative)
водоспа́ди (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

водоспа́д<genu>

Uk-водоспад.ogg

From вода́ (vodá) + -о- (-o-) + спад (spad). Compare Belarusian вадаспа́д (vadaspád), Polish wodospad.


foambow

A kind of rainbow or fogbow seen as sunlight passes through the airborne water droplets of a waterfall.


ჩაჩხა

çaçxa (romanization)
Vizha (romanization)

From ჩაჩხ- (çaçx-, “to babble”) + -ა (-a).

რაკანიშა მეჲოწედასი ჩაჩხა იზინ


room of doom

(informal) A cave behind a waterfall that is filled with the crashing water, a potential hazard for canoes or kayaks.


அருவி

aruvi (romanization)
அருவி (nominative singular)
அருவிகள் (nominative plural)
அருவியே (singular vocative)
அருவிகளே (plural vocative)
அருவியை (accusative singular)
அருவிகளை (accusative plural)
அருவிக்கு (dative singular)
அருவிகளுக்கு (dative plural)
அருவிக்காக (benefactive singular)
அருவிகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
அருவியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
அருவிகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
அருவியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
அருவிகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
அருவியில் (locative locative-i singular)
அருவிகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
அருவியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
அருவிகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
அருவியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
அருவிகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
அருவியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
அருவிகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
அருவியால் (instrumental singular)
அருவிகளால் (instrumental plural)
அருவியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
அருவிகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

From அருவு (aruvu, “to flow down, to spring out”).


mistfall

The mistfall was heavier as the boat entered the domain of the great falls at Niagara.

2007, Robert Sneider, The Falls II: In the Crossfire of Mist and Madness:

Water started to come down from here and there on the high bank, streamlets big as a finger, mere dripdrops, mistfalls that evaporated halfway to the surface of the river – these can't be rainfed, not here – […]

2017, Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To...:

(rare) A waterfall that falls in the form of fine mist.


நீர்வீழ்ச்சி

ta-noun

நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள்

நீர்வீழ்ச்சி • (nīrvīḻcci) (plural நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள்)

nīrvīḻcci (romanization)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள் (plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சி (nominative singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள் (nominative plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியே (singular vocative)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளே (plural vocative)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியை (accusative singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளை (accusative plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிக்கு (dative singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளுக்கு (dative plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிக்காக (benefactive singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளுக்காக (benefactive plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியில் (locative locative-i singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளில் (locative locative-i plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியால் (instrumental singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளால் (instrumental plural)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சியிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகளிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

/n̪iːɾʋiːɻt͡ɕːɪ/

[n̪iːɾʋiːɻt͡ɕːi]

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Compound of நீர் (nīr, “water”) + வீழ்ச்சி (vīḻcci, “fall”).


Нијагарски Водопади

mk-proper noun

Нијага́рски Водо́пади

Нијага́рски Водо́пади • (Nijagárski Vodópadi) pl

Нијага́рски Водо́пади (canonical)
Nijagárski Vodópadi (romanization)
Нијагарски Водопади (indefinite plural)
Нијагарските Водопади (definite plural unspecified)
Нијагарскиве Водопади (definite plural proximal)
Нијагарскине Водопади (definite distal plural)
Нијагарски Водопади (plural vocative)

mk-decl-noun-table-single

Нијагарски Водопади

Нијагарскита Водопади

Нијагарскива Водопади

Нијагарскина Водопади

Нијагарски Водопадо

Нијагарски Водопади

Нијагарските Водопади

Нијагарскиве Водопади

Нијагарскине Водопади

Нијагарски Водопади


kaskáda

kaskáda (nominative singular)
kaskády (nominative plural)
kaskády (genitive singular)
kaskád (genitive plural)
kaskádě (dative singular)
kaskádám (dative plural)
kaskádu (accusative singular)
kaskády (accusative plural)
kaskádo (singular vocative)
kaskády (plural vocative)
kaskádě (locative singular)
kaskádách (locative plural)
kaskádou (instrumental singular)
kaskádami (instrumental plural)


Lenard effect

Named after Philipp Lenard who proposed the idea in 1892.

(physics) The separation of electric charges (and ionization) accompanying the aerodynamic breakup of water droplets.


waterfallish

Paddling Your Way Out of a Waterfall. If you're stuck with a serial lifeycle, here's how to make it less waterfallish and more flexible so you can adapt to reality:[…]

2007 June 7, Johanna Rothman, Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN:

[...] waterfallish sound which Charity afterwards remembered as one of the distinctive voices of Waterside. When after more meanderings the stream reached the next village, it had increased sufficiently in depth and width[…]

2022 August 16, Flora Jane Thompson, Still Glides the Stream, DigiCat: