"foothill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foothills [plural]
Etymology: foot + hill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|hill}} foot + hill Head templates: {{en-noun}} foothill (plural foothills)
  1. A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. Wikipedia link: Foothills Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: Foothills County, foothill pine Translations (hill at the base of a mountain): σφυρόν (sphurón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), подножие (podnožie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 山麓 (shānlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 山腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 山脚 (shānjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), podhůří [neuter] (Czech), aluskukkula (Finnish), contrefort [masculine] (French), piémont [masculine] (French), [masculine] (Galician), aba [feminine] (Galician), მთისწინეთი (mtisc̣ineti) (Georgian), Vorberg [masculine] (German), तलहटी (talahṭī) [feminine] (Hindi), 前山 (zenzan) (alt: ぜんざん) (Japanese), 山裾 (yamasuso) (alt: やますそ) (Japanese), по́дножје (pódnožje) [neuter] (Macedonian), пре́дгорје (prédgorje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ⴰⴷⵉⵔ (adir) [masculine] (Moroccan Amazigh), ⴷⴷⵉⵔ (ddir) [masculine] (Moroccan Amazigh), предго́рье (predgórʹje) [neuter] (Russian), подно́жие (podnóžije) [neuter] (Russian), predbrđe [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), paambundok (Tagalog), pîmont [masculine] (Walloon)

Inflected forms

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