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Definition 2024

mudslide

mudslide

See also: mud slide

English

Noun

mudslide ‎(plural mudslides)

A geological event in which viscous mud flows down an incline.
A mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlua and Bailey's.

Synonyms

mudflow

Translations

geological disaster in which a large amount of mud gathers and moves rapidly down a hill or slope

Chinese:
Mandarin: 泥石流 (zh) ‎(níshíliú), 土石流 (zh) ‎(tǔshíliú), 泥流 (zh) ‎(níliú)
Danish: mudderstrøm c
Dutch: aardverschuiving (nl) f, grondverschuiving f, modderstroom
Estonian: rusuvool
Finnish: mutavyöry (fi)
French: coulée de boue f
Georgian: ღვარცოფი ‎(ɣvarcopi)
German: Schlammlawine f, Murgang m
Hungarian: sárcsuszamlás
Indonesian: tanah longsor (id)
Irish: sleamhnú láibe m

Japanese: 崖崩れ ‎(がけくざれ、gakekuzare), 泥流 ‎(でいりゅう, deiryū), 土石流 (ja) ‎(どせきりゅう, dosekiryū)
Korean: 이류 ‎(iryu), 진흙 사태 ‎(jinheulg satae), 토석류 (ko) ‎(toseongnyu)
Lao:
Malay: tanah runtuh
Polish: powódź błotna m
Portuguese: deslizamento m
Russian: сель (ru) m ‎(selʹ), о́ползень (ru) m ‎(ópolzenʹ)
Spanish: deslizamiento (es) m, flujo de lodo m
Swedish: ras (sv) n, slamström, lerskred n
Thai: โคลนถล่ม ‎(klohn tàlòm)
Vietnamese: lở đất

mixed drink consisting of vodka, Kahlua and Bailey's

See also

landslide