accident

Borrowed from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”).


delta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).


cap

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus (“head, chief”), from Latin caput (“head, etc.”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput. Compare Occitan cap. Compare also French personne (which can mean either "person" or "nobody").


dorsal

(geomorphology) ridge (on the ocean floor)


caldera

Inherited from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”).


buc

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).


com

Borrowed from Gaulish *kumbos (“curved”). Related to *kumbā (“valley”).

bor+

(geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor


dolina

From a Slavic language, perhaps via German Doline, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dolina.

(geology) doline (a sinkhole in karstic terrain)


MDT

model digital del terreny
w:ca:Model Digital del Terreny

(cartography) Initialism of model digital del terreny (“DTM”).


carena

Inherited from Latin carīna (“keel”), influenced by Ligurian / Italian carena.

Per una banda, prats secs als sòls poc profunds de les carenes, per l'altra, prats molls i jonqueres al fons de les valls.

2001, Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila, Vegetació dels Països Catalans:

On the one side, dry meadows on the shallow soil of the ridges, on the other, wet meadows and rush beds at the bottom of the valleys.


orla

Probably from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, diminutive of Latin ōra.


crosta

Inherited from Latin crusta (“bark, crust, shell”) (compare Occitan crosta, French croûte, Spanish costra), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). The /ɔ/ is unexpected and perhaps due to influence from other words with similar meanings.

inh+

(geology) crust (outermost solid layer of a planet)


mola

(geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks


extern

ca-adj

extern (feminine externa, masculine plural externs, feminine plural externes)

externa (feminine)
externs (masculine plural)
externes (feminine plural)

(geology) Pertaining to foreland, the zone where material eroded from a mountain chain is deposited


cinabri

From Latin cinnabaris. First attested in 1839.


mena

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīna, *mēna, from Gaulish *meina (“mineral, ore”). Doublet of mina. First attested in 1185.


palet

Uncertain; possibly from pala (“shovel; blade”) + -et.

(geology) pebble (especially one shaped by water)


tossa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia word *taucia (“stump”).


acotar

ca-verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

acotar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
acoto (first-person present singular)
acotí (first-person preterite singular)
acotat (participle past)
acotar (infinitive)
acotant (gerund)
acotat (masculine participle past singular)
acotada (feminine participle past singular)
acotats (masculine participle past plural)
acotades (feminine participle past plural)
acoto (first-person indicative present singular)
acotes (indicative present second-person singular)
acota (indicative present singular third-person)
acotem (first-person indicative plural present)
acoteu (indicative plural present second-person)
acoten (indicative plural present third-person)
acotava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acotaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acotava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acotàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acotàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acotaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acotaré (first-person future indicative singular)
acotaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
acotarà (future indicative singular third-person)
acotarem (first-person future indicative plural)
acotareu (future indicative plural second-person)
acotaran (future indicative plural third-person)
acotí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
acotares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acotà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acotàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acotàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
acotaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acotaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
acotaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
acotaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
acotaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
acotaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
acotarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
acoti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acotis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acoti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acotem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acoteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acotin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acotés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acotessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acotés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acotéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acotéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acotessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acota (imperative second-person)
acoti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
acotem (first-person imperative plural)
acoteu (imperative plural second-person)
acotin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no acotis (imperative negative second-person)
no acoti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no acotem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no acoteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no acotin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, topography) to annotate (a topographical map) with indications of the height of the land


malaquita

(mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)


esquerre

ca-adj

esquerre (feminine esquerra, masculine and feminine plural esquerres)

esquerra (feminine)
esquerres (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”).

bor+

(geography) on or in the direction of the left bank of a river


georgià

ca-adj

georgià (feminine georgiana, masculine plural georgians, feminine plural georgianes)

georgiana (feminine)
georgians (masculine plural)
georgianes (feminine plural)

(archaic, stratigraphy) Georgian (pertaining to the Georgian stratigraphic series)


georgià

(archaic, stratigraphy) Georgian (geologic era of the Georgian stratigraphic series)


hawaià

hawaià (feminine hawaiana, masculine plural hawaians, feminine plural hawaianes)

hawaiana (feminine)
hawaians (masculine plural)
hawaianes (feminine plural)

(volcanology) Hawaiian (characteristic of a type of volcanic eruption)


espècie

Borrowed from Latin species (“appearance, type”).


àcid

ca-adj

àcid (feminine àcida, masculine plural àcids, feminine plural àcides)

àcida (feminine)
àcids (masculine plural)
àcides (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin acidus (“sour, tart”).

bor+

(mineralogy) acidic (containing a high proportion of silica)


avantpaís

(geology) foreland (the zone where material eroded from a mountain chain is deposited)


orografia

From Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + -grafia.


heliotropi

Learned borrowing from Latin hēliotropium.


drusa

Borrowed from French druse, from German Druse.


Austràlia

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


foia

Inherited from Old Catalan fòvia, from Latin fovea. Doublet of fòvea.


isomètric

ca-adj

isomètric (feminine isomètrica, masculine plural isomètrics, feminine plural isomètriques)

isomètrica (feminine)
isomètrics (masculine plural)
isomètriques (feminine plural)

(geology, geometry, mathematics) isometric


cornisa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís).


estepa

Borrowed from French steppe, from Russian степь (stepʹ).


acícula

Learned borrowing from Latin acicula (“hairpin”).

lbor

(mineralogy) a slender tapering needle characteristic of an acicular crystal habitat


sismològic

ca-adj

sismològic (feminine sismològica, masculine plural sismològics, feminine plural sismològiques)

sismològica (feminine)
sismològics (masculine plural)
sismològiques (feminine plural)

From sismologia + -ic. By surface analysis, sismo- + -lògic.


serralada

(geology) range; mountain range, cordillera


diamantífer

diamantífer (feminine diamantífera, masculine plural diamantífers, feminine plural diamantíferes)

diamantífera (feminine)
diamantífers (masculine plural)
diamantíferes (feminine plural)

(mineralogy) diamondiferous (containing diamonds, of ore)


sísmic

sísmic (feminine sísmica, masculine plural sísmics, feminine plural sísmiques)

sísmica (feminine)
sísmics (masculine plural)
sísmiques (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) + -ic (compare Greek σεισμικός (seismikós)). By surface analysis, sisme + -ic.

(geology) seismic (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth)


gorja

Borrowed from French gorge. Doublet of gorga.


cronozona

(geology) chronozone (group of strata formed during the same chron)


cinturó

Borrowed from Spanish cinturón. Equivalent to cintura + -ó.

Cinturó del blat de moro


jaciment

Formed by analogy on the basis of Latin iaceō (“to lie”).


massís

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *massīcius. By surface analysis, massa + -ís.


llera

Regional palatized form of glera, from Latin glarea.


contrafort

From contra + fort. Calque of French contrefort.


mantell

Inherited from Latin mantellum (“cloak”), diminutive of mantum, of Gaulish origin.


minva

(oceanography) a decline in the mean sea level of the ocean, such as that observed regularly ever winter


escòria

Borrowed from Latin scōria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία (skōría).


reble

Probably a deverbal from reblir (“fill, cover up”).


àgata

From Latin achātēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓χᾱ́της (akhā́tēs).


meridià

(geography) meridian (an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles)


sòcol

Borrowed from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus.

(geology) basement (foundation beneath sedimentary rocks)


solà

(geography) adret (sunny side of a mountain)


eocènic

ca-adj

eocènic (feminine eocènica, masculine plural eocènics, feminine plural eocèniques)

eocènica (feminine)
eocènics (masculine plural)
eocèniques (feminine plural)


eocè

eocè (feminine eocena, masculine plural eocens, feminine plural eocenes)

eocena (feminine)
eocens (masculine plural)
eocenes (feminine plural)


miocè

miocè (feminine miocena, masculine plural miocens, feminine plural miocenes)

miocena (feminine)
miocens (masculine plural)
miocenes (feminine plural)


miocènic

miocènic (feminine miocènica, masculine plural miocènics, feminine plural miocèniques)

miocènica (feminine)
miocènics (masculine plural)
miocèniques (feminine plural)


solell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl.


obac

Inherited from Latin opācus. Doublet of opac.

Fa sol, però hi ha gebre a les raconades dels obacs.

It's sunny, but there is frost in the corners of the shady slopes.

(geography) ubac (shady side of a mountain)


aluminífer

aluminífer (feminine aluminífera, masculine plural aluminífers, feminine plural aluminíferes)

aluminífera (feminine)
aluminífers (masculine plural)
aluminíferes (feminine plural)

(mineralogy) aluminiferous (containing aluminum, of ore)


titanífer

titanífer (feminine titanífera, masculine plural titanífers, feminine plural titaníferes)

titanífera (feminine)
titanífers (masculine plural)
titaníferes (feminine plural)

(mineralogy) titaniferous (containing titanium, of ore)


ablació

(geology) ablation (the removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation)


intrusiu

intrusiu (feminine intrusiva, masculine plural intrusius, feminine plural intrusives)

intrusiva (feminine)
intrusius (masculine plural)
intrusives (feminine plural)


bòfia

Inherited from Latin fovea (“hole”) via metathesis.


curullar

ca-verb

curullar (first-person singular present curullo, first-person singular preterite curullí, past participle curullat)

curullo (first-person present singular)
curullí (first-person preterite singular)
curullat (participle past)
curullar (infinitive)
curullant (gerund)
curullat (masculine participle past singular)
curullada (feminine participle past singular)
curullats (masculine participle past plural)
curullades (feminine participle past plural)
curullo (first-person indicative present singular)
curulles (indicative present second-person singular)
curulla (indicative present singular third-person)
curullem (first-person indicative plural present)
curulleu (indicative plural present second-person)
curullen (indicative plural present third-person)
curullava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
curullaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
curullava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
curullàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
curullàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
curullaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
curullaré (first-person future indicative singular)
curullaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
curullarà (future indicative singular third-person)
curullarem (first-person future indicative plural)
curullareu (future indicative plural second-person)
curullaran (future indicative plural third-person)
curullí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
curullares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
curullà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
curullàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
curullàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
curullaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
curullaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
curullaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
curullaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
curullaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
curullaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
curullarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
curulli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
curullis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
curulli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
curullem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
curulleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
curullin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
curullés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
curullessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
curullés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
curulléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
curulléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
curullessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
curulla (imperative second-person)
curulli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
curullem (first-person imperative plural)
curulleu (imperative plural second-person)
curullin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no curullis (imperative negative second-person)
no curulli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no curullem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no curulleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no curullin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

La vall es va curullar amb sediment.

(geomorphology, pronominal) to fill up, to fill in


llim

Inherited from Latin līmus (“mud, muck”).


xot

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ).

(geology) chott (a dry salt lake of the Sahara)


orogràfic

ca-adj

orogràfic (feminine orogràfica, masculine plural orogràfics, feminine plural orogràfiques)

orogràfica (feminine)
orogràfics (masculine plural)
orogràfiques (feminine plural)

From orografia + -ic (compare Spanish orográfico).


plutònic

plutònic (feminine plutònica, masculine plural plutònics, feminine plural plutòniques)

plutònica (feminine)
plutònics (masculine plural)
plutòniques (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn) + -ic.


argentífer

argentífer (feminine argentífera, masculine plural argentífers, feminine plural argentíferes)

argentífera (feminine)
argentífers (masculine plural)
argentíferes (feminine plural)

(mineralogy) argentiferous (containing or producing silver, of ore)


fonera

From fons + -era, or directly from Vulgar Latin *fundāria.

(geology) a depression or hollow in the sea floor


subduir

ca-verb

subduir (first-person singular present subdueixo, first-person singular preterite subduí, past participle subduït)

subdueixo (first-person present singular)
subduí (first-person preterite singular)
subduït (participle past)
subduir (infinitive)
subduint (gerund)
subduït (masculine participle past singular)
subduïda (feminine participle past singular)
subduïts (masculine participle past plural)
subduïdes (feminine participle past plural)
subdueixo (first-person indicative present singular)
subdueixes (indicative present second-person singular)
subdueix (indicative present singular third-person)
subduïm (first-person indicative plural present)
subduïu (indicative plural present second-person)
subdueixen (indicative plural present third-person)
subduïa (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
subduïes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
subduïa (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
subduíem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
subduíeu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
subduïen (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
subduiré (first-person future indicative singular)
subduiràs (future indicative second-person singular)
subduirà (future indicative singular third-person)
subduirem (first-person future indicative plural)
subduireu (future indicative plural second-person)
subduiran (future indicative plural third-person)
subduí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
subduïres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
subduí (indicative preterite singular third-person)
subduírem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
subduíreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
subduïren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
subduiria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
subduiries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
subduiria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
subduiríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
subduiríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
subduirien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
subdueixi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
subdueixis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
subdueixi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
subduïm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
subduïu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
subdueixin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
subduís (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
subduïssis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
subduís (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
subduíssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
subduíssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
subduïssin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
subdueix (imperative second-person)
subdueixi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
subduïm (first-person imperative plural)
subduïu (imperative plural second-person)
subdueixin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no subdueixis (imperative negative second-person)
no subdueixi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no subduïm (first-person imperative negative plural)
no subduïu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no subdueixin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Borrowed from Latin subdūcere; adapted to inherited forms such as conduir. Cognate with English subdue.


batimètric

ca-adj

batimètric (feminine batimètrica, masculine plural batimètrics, feminine plural batimètriques)

batimètrica (feminine)
batimètrics (masculine plural)
batimètriques (feminine plural)


pèl·let

Borrowed from English pellet, from French pelote. Doublet of pilota.


anisòtrop

anisòtrop (feminine anisòtropa, masculine plural anisòtrops, feminine plural anisòtropes)

anisòtropa (feminine)
anisòtrops (masculine plural)
anisòtropes (feminine plural)


corogràfic

corogràfic (feminine corogràfica, masculine plural corogràfics, feminine plural corogràfiques)

corogràfica (feminine)
corogràfics (masculine plural)
corogràfiques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χωρογραφικός (khōrographikós). By surface analysis, corografia + -ic.

bor+

χωρογραφικός


craquejar

ca-verb

craquejar (first-person singular present craquejo, first-person singular preterite craquegí, past participle craquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

craquejar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
craquejo (first-person present singular)
craquegí (first-person preterite singular)
craquejat (participle past)
craquejar (infinitive)
craquejant (gerund)
craquejat (masculine participle past singular)
craquejada (feminine participle past singular)
craquejats (masculine participle past plural)
craquejades (feminine participle past plural)
craquejo (first-person indicative present singular)
craqueges (indicative present second-person singular)
craqueja (indicative present singular third-person)
craquegem (first-person indicative plural present)
craquegeu (indicative plural present second-person)
craquegen (indicative plural present third-person)
craquejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
craquejaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
craquejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
craquejàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
craquejàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
craquejaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
craquejaré (first-person future indicative singular)
craquejaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
craquejarà (future indicative singular third-person)
craquejarem (first-person future indicative plural)
craquejareu (future indicative plural second-person)
craquejaran (future indicative plural third-person)
craquegí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
craquejares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
craquejà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
craquejàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
craquejàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
craquejaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
craquejaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
craquejaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
craquejaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
craquejaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
craquejaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
craquejarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
craquegi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
craquegis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
craquegi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
craquegem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
craquegeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
craquegin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
craquegés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
craquegessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
craquegés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
craquegéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
craquegéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
craquegessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
craqueja (imperative second-person)
craquegi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
craquegem (first-person imperative plural)
craquegeu (imperative plural second-person)
craquegin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no craquegis (imperative negative second-person)
no craquegi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no craquegem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no craquegeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no craquegin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, petrochemistry) to crack (organic molecules to obtain petroleum)


MDE

model digital d'elevacions
w:ca:Model Digital d'Elevacions

(cartography) Initialism of model digital d'elevacions.


xarnera

Borrowed from French charnière (“hinge”).


baixest

ca-noun

baixest m (plural baixests or baixestos)

Probably from baix (“low”) with the ending -est by analogy with forest. Alternatively, from earlier beixest (“leap year”) (from Latin bisextus), by a chain of association: "leap year" > "year of misfortune" > "depression in the landscape", with a change in spelling due to association with baixar (“descend”). In the latter case, a doublet of bixest.

(geography) depression, especially one enclosed by higher terrain; coombe


calabrià

ca-adj

calabrià (feminine calabriana, masculine plural calabrians, feminine plural calabrianes)

calabriana (feminine)
calabrians (masculine plural)
calabrianes (feminine plural)


reptació

From Latin rēptātio, from rēptō (“I crawl”).