steppe

== English == === Etymology === From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). 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). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /stɛp/ Rhymes: -ɛp Homophone: step === Noun === steppe (countable and uncountable, plural steppes) The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671] Coordinate terms: pampas (South America), plain (North America), prairie (North America), savanna (North Africa), veld (South Africa) A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain. ==== Usage notes ==== While the region may correspond to the steppe biome, it is uncommon to refer to the landscapes of Canada as steppes, in contrast to the more conventional usage of the term when describing the steppes of Asia or Russia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “степ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka === Further reading === steppe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Estepp == Danish == === Noun === steppe c (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural stepperne) steppe (large treeless grass plain) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Steppe or French steppe, from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɛpə/ Hyphenation: step‧pe Rhymes: -ɛpə === Noun === steppe f (plural steppes, diminutive steppetje n) steppe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: stepa === Further reading === steppe on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == French == === Etymology === From Russian степь (stepʹ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɛp/ === Noun === steppe f (plural steppes) steppe ==== Derived terms ==== aigle des steppes ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: steppa → Romanian: stepă → Turkish: step === Further reading === “steppe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛpə/ === Verb === steppe inflection of steppen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Italian == === Noun === steppe f plural of steppa == Middle English == === Alternative forms === stap, stape, steape, steepe, step, stepe === Etymology === From Old English stæpe, stepe, from Proto-West Germanic *stapi. The (historical) geminate is due to the influence of steppen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɛp(ə)/, /ˈstɛːp(ə)/, /ˈstap(ə)/, /ˈstaːp(ə)/ === Noun === steppe (plural steppes) A step, pace (movement of the foot) A step or stair; an individual landing of a set of stairs. An imprint or sign of something; that which something leaves as evidence: The imprint left by a step; a footprint or track. The imprint left by a thing, person or phenomenon (extant or former) (figurative) The remains left by an injury or disease. The bottom region of the foot; the sole. A phase, step or tier as part of a scale or process. (figurative) A move, action or direction (towards an objective). (rare) The length covered by a step (as a unit of length, ~2.5 feet) (rare) The ground; a foothold or stepping-place. (rare) A group or a thing that is part of it. ==== Descendants ==== English: step Scots: step, stap, stop ==== References ==== “step, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-1. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === steppe m (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene) steppe (large treeless grass plain) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === steppe f (definite singular steppa, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene) steppe (large treeless grass plain) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstep.pe/ === Verb === steppe inflection of steppan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive