loess

== English == === Alternative forms === löss === Etymology === Borrowed from German Löss (“yellowish-gray soil”), from Alemannic German lösch (“loose”). Cognate with German los and English lease. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /lɜːs/, /ˈləʊɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊ.əs/, /lɛs/, /lʌs/ Rhymes: -ɜːs, -əʊɪs, -oʊəs, -ʌs === Noun === loess (countable and uncountable, plural loesses) (geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “loess”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === selos, sloes, losse, soles, loses == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === loesse === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: loess === Noun === loess m (uncountable) (geology) loess (accumulation of wind-blown sediment) === Further reading === “loess”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “loess”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French lœss. === Noun === loess n (plural loessuri) loess ==== Declension ====