adret

English

WOTD – 31 July 2018

Etymology

A 1909 photograph by Vittorio Sella of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, viewed from the Godwin-Austen Glacier.[1]

Borrowed from French adret, from Occitan adret (“sun-facing side of a mountain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

adret (plural adrets)

  1. (geography) The sun-facing side of a mountain.

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References

  1. ↑ From Images de l’Himalaya [Images of the Himalayas] (Encyclopédie Alpina Illustrée [Encyclopedia Alpina Illustrated]; 2), [Paris: Encyclopédie Alpina Illustrée, 1935], OCLC 9390786.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dʁɛ/

Noun

adret m (plural adrets)

  1. (geography, Alps) sun-facing side of a mountain

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