"steppe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɛp/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-steppe.wav Forms: steppes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛp Etymology: From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Steppe}} German Steppe, {{der|en|fr|steppe}} French steppe, {{der|en|ru|степь||flat grassy plain}} Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”), {{cog|orv|-}} Old East Slavic Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} steppe (countable and uncountable, plural steppes)
  1. The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Asia, Europe Related terms (South American): pampa Translations (the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia): 𒂔𒈾 () (ṣēru) (Akkadian), 𒂔 () (ṣēru) (Akkadian), مَرْعَى (marʕā) [feminine] (Arabic), سْتِيب (steb) [masculine] (Arabic), سْتِيب (stīb) [masculine] (Arabic), տափաստան (tapʻastan) (Armenian), çöl (Azerbaijani), дала (dala) (Bashkir), стэп (step) [feminine] (Belarusian), степ (step) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estepa [feminine] (Catalan), 草原 (cǎoyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 乾草原 (Chinese Mandarin), 干草原 (gāncǎoyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), çöl (Crimean Tatar), step [feminine] (Czech), steppe [common-gender] (Danish), stepo (Esperanto), aro (Finnish), steppe [feminine] (French), ველი (veli) (Georgian), Steppe [feminine] (German), στέπα (stépa) (Greek), स्तपी (stapī) (Hindi), sztyepp (Hungarian), sztyeppe (Hungarian), gresja [feminine] (Icelandic), steppa [feminine] (Icelandic), steppa (Italian), ステップ (suteppu) (Japanese), 草原 (sōgen) (alt: そうげん) (Japanese), дала (dala) (Kazakh), сахара (saxara) (Kazakh), 스텝 (seutep) (Korean), талаа (talaa) (Kyrgyz), чөл (cöl) (Kyrgyz), stèpė [feminine] (Lithuanian), степа (stepa) [feminine] (Macedonian), хээр тал (xeer tal) (Mongolian), тал (tal) (Mongolian), тал нутаг (tal nutag) (Mongolian), хээр (xeer) (Mongolian), steppe [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), steppe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), estèpa [feminine] (Occitan), قیر (kır) (Ottoman Turkish), استپ (estep) (Persian), step [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), estepe [feminine] (Portuguese), stepă [feminine] (Romanian), степь (stepʹ) [feminine] (Russian), stȅpa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), сте̏па [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), step [feminine] (Slovak), stepa [feminine] (Slovene), чӧл (čöl) (Southern Altai), estepa [feminine] (Spanish), 𒂔 (EDIN) (Sumerian), stäpp [common-gender] (Swedish), дала (dala) (Tatar), bozkır (Turkish), step (Turkish), sähra (Turkmen), хову (xovu) (Tuvan), степ (step) [masculine] (Ukrainian), чӧль (čölʹ) (Urum), دەشت (desht) (Uyghur), dasht (Uzbek), choʻl (Uzbek), thảo nguyên (alt: 草原) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-steppe-en-noun-nn6LbqRD Disambiguation of Geography: 96 4 Disambiguation of Asia: 100 0 Disambiguation of Europe: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Akkadian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, 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  2. A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (vast cold, dry grass-plains): տափաստան (tapʻastan) (Armenian), Steppe [feminine] (German), 草原 (sōgen) (alt: そうげん) (Japanese), степа (stepa) [feminine] (Macedonian), estepe [feminine] (Portuguese), степь (stepʹ) [feminine] (Russian), stȅpa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), stäpp [common-gender] (Swedish), gwaun [feminine] (Welsh), gweundir [masculine] (Welsh), paith [masculine] (Welsh), stepdir [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-steppe-en-noun-TwGG4CD6 Disambiguation of 'vast cold, dry grass-plains': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: US prairie, savanna, plain, veld [South-African]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "estèpa"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "قیر"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "estep",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "استپ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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          "word": "estepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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        {
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          "roman": "stepʹ",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "stȅpa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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        {
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "step"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "stepa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "čöl",
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          "word": "чӧл"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "estepa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sux",
          "lang": "Sumerian",
          "roman": "EDIN",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "𒂔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "stäpp"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "dala",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "дала"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "bozkır"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "word": "step"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "sähra"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "xovu",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "хову"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "step",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "степ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uum",
          "lang": "Urum",
          "roman": "čölʹ",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "чӧль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "desht",
          "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
          "word": "دەشت"
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          "code": "uz",
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          "word": "dasht"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
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        {
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "ref": "2000, Mary Elizabeth v. N., “Steppe”, in Blue Planet Biomes, West Tisbury Elementary School:",
          "text": "Grasslands: The Steppe biome is a dry, cold, grassland that is found in all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. It is mostly found in the USA, Mongolia, Siberia, Tibet and China. There isn't much humidity in the air because Steppe is located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers.",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tapʻastan",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "word": "տափաստան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Steppe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "alt": "そうげん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōgen",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "word": "草原"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "stepa",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "степа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stepʹ",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "степь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stȅpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stäpp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwaun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "paith"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
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        }
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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    "Terms with Korean translations",
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    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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      "word": "forest steppe"
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    {
      "word": "steppe bison"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe cat"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe eagle"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe fox"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe lemming"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe lion"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe mammoth"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe murrain"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe-tundra"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe vole"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe wisent"
    },
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      "word": "steppic"
    }
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      ],
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          "text": "Nevertheless be it remarked, that even a Russian steppe has tumuli and gold ornaments […]",
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        },
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          "text": "Grasslands: The Steppe biome is a dry, cold, grassland that is found in all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. It is mostly found in the USA, Mongolia, Siberia, Tibet and China. There isn't much humidity in the air because Steppe is located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers.",
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        }
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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        "US"
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    },
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      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "ṣēru",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "𒂔𒈾 ()"
    },
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "ṣēru",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "𒂔 ()"
    },
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      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "steb",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سْتِيب"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سْتِيب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tapʻastan",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "տափաստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "çöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "dala",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "дала"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стэп"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cǎoyuán",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "草原"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "乾草原"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāncǎoyuán",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "干草原"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "çöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "steppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "stepo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "aro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "steppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "veli",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "ველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Steppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stépa",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "στέπα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "stapī",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "स्तपी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "sztyepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "sztyeppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gresja"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "steppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "steppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suteppu",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "ステップ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōgen",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "草原"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dala",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "дала"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "saxara",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "сахара"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutep",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "스텝"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "talaa",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "талаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "cöl",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "чөл"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stèpė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stepa",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "степа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xeer tal",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "хээр тал"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tal",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "тал"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tal nutag",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "тал нутаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xeer",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "хээр"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "steppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "steppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estèpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kır",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "قیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "estep",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "استپ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stepă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stepʹ",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "степь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stȅpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сте̏па"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "čöl",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "чӧл"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "roman": "EDIN",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "𒂔"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stäpp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "dala",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "дала"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "bozkır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "step"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "sähra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "xovu",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "хову"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "step",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "степ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uum",
      "lang": "Urum",
      "roman": "čölʹ",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "чӧль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "desht",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "دەشت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "dasht"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "choʻl"
    },
    {
      "alt": "草原",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia",
      "word": "thảo nguyên"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tapʻastan",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "word": "տափաստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Steppe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうげん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōgen",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "word": "草原"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stepa",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "степа"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stepʹ",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "степь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stȅpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stäpp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaun"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gweundir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "vast cold, dry grass-plains",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stepdir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "steppe"
}

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