"tvärbrant" meaning in All languages combined

See tvärbrant on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swedish]

Etymology: From tvär + brant. (sense 2) perhaps by hyperbolic extension. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tverrbratt. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|tvär|brant}} tvär + brant, {{langname|sv}} Swedish, {{senseno|sv|very steep}} sense 2, {{cog|nn|tverrbratt}} Norwegian Nynorsk tverrbratt Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|not comparable|||-re||-st|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} tvärbrant (not comparable), {{sv-adj|-}} tvärbrant (not comparable) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], tvärbrant [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], - [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], - [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], tvärbrant [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], - [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], - [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], tvärbranta [indefinite, plural, positive], - [comparative, indefinite, plural], - [indefinite, plural, superlative], tvärbrante [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], - [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], - [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], tvärbrante [definite, masculine, positive, singular], - [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], - [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], tvärbranta [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], - [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], - [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. sheer, precipitous ((nearly) vertical) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tvärbrant-sv-adj-qBrBWWxi Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 56 44
  2. very steep, precipitous (very steep, more generally) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tvärbrant-sv-adj-sv:very_steep Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tvärstup

Inflected forms

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    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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              0,
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              19,
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              18,
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            ]
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          "english": "a deep ravine with sheer walls",
          "text": "en djup ravin med tvärbranta väggar",
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              13,
              22
            ]
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          "text": "gå uppför en tvärbrant stig",
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