"declivity" meaning in Anglais

See declivity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \dɪˈklɪv.ɪ.tɪ\, \dɪˈklɪv.ə.ti\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-declivity.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-declivity.wav Forms: declivities [plural]
  1. Déclivité, pente (descendante). Tags: formal
    Sense id: fr-declivity-en-noun-3P6YvVa- Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes soutenus en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: slope Related terms: declive, declivous, proclivity

Inflected forms

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    {
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    }
  ],
  "attestations": [
    {
      "date": "1612"
    }
  ],
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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    },
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionnaire:Prononciations manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Emprunt du français déclivité, du latin declivitas.",
    "Analysable en synchronie commedérivé de declive, avec le suffixe -ity."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "declivities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "slope"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "declive"
    },
    {
      "word": "declivous"
    },
    {
      "word": "proclivity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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            [
              230,
              239
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Louis Joseph Vance, The Trey o' Hearts, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1914, chapitre 38, page 202-203",
          "text": "It was within an hour of midnight when Alan's party made its last pause and camped, unconscious of the fact that, a quarter of a mile above them, a lonely woman paused when they paused and made her own camp on the edge of a sharp declivity, choosing the spot because it afforded her a clear view of their twinkling campfire."
        }
      ],
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        "Déclivité, pente (descendante)."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "\\dɪˈklɪv.ɪ.tɪ\\"
    },
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      "ipa": "\\dɪˈklɪv.ə.ti\\"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "date": "1612"
    }
  ],
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en français",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin",
    "Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ity",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "Wiktionnaire:Prononciations manquantes en anglais",
    "anglais"
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    "Emprunt du français déclivité, du latin declivitas.",
    "Analysable en synchronie commedérivé de declive, avec le suffixe -ity."
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "slope"
    }
  ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\dɪˈklɪv.ə.ti\\"
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