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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespergélisol
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pergélisol
"Le réchauffement climatique menace le pergélisol arctique."
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A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.
"Global warming is causing the permafrost in the Arctic to melt."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in English in the mid-20th century as a blend of 'permanent' and 'frost'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Permafrost" is said worldwide
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pergélisol
Transliteration: pergélisol
"Le réchauffement climatique menace le pergélisol arctique."
Permafrost
Transliteration: Permafrost
"In Sibirien taut der Permafrost immer schneller auf."
permafrost
Transliteration: permafrost
"Lo scioglimento del permafrost rilascia grandi quantità di metano."
permahelada
Transliteration: permahelada
"La capa de permahelada se está derritiendo debido al cambio climático."
permafrost
Transliteration: permafrost
"O degelo do permafrost na Sibéria preocupa os cientistas."
स्थाई तुhin
Transliteration: sthai tuhin
Script: स्थाई तुहिन
"वैश्विक तापमान वृद्धि के कारण स्थाई तुहिन पिघल रहा है।"
永久冻土
Transliteration: yǒujiǔ dòngtǔ
"全球变暖正在导致永久冻土融化。"
영구동토층
Transliteration: yeonggudongtocheung
"기후 변화로 인해 영구동토층이 녹고 있습니다."
永久凍土
Transliteration: eikyū tōdo
"地球温暖化により永久凍土が溶けています。"
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