"molehill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈməʊlhɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-molehill.wav Forms: molehills [plural]
Etymology: From mole + hill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mole|hill}} mole + hill Head templates: {{en-noun}} molehill (plural molehills)
  1. A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Derived forms: make a mountain out of a molehill, Molehill Green Translations (A small mound of earth): къртичина (kǎrtičina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), krtina [feminine] (Czech), molshoop [masculine] (Dutch), taupinière [feminine] (French), toupeira [feminine] (Galician), toupiñeira [feminine] (Galician), Maulwurfshaufen [masculine] (German), ajama (Ingrian), carnán caochán [masculine] (Irish), 土竜塚 (Japanese), もぐらづか (Japanese), kurmja rakums [masculine] (Latvian), kurmrausis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Maulefskoup [masculine] (Luxembourgish), taupinniéthe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), kretowisko [neuter] (Polish), monte/montículo de toupeira [masculine] (Portuguese), крото́вина (krotóvina) [feminine] (Russian), kormērausis [masculine] (Samogitian), topera [feminine] (Spanish), köstebek deliği (Turkish), köstebek yuvası (Turkish), muxighèr [masculine] (Venetian), talpakum (Volapük)

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Alternative forms

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