🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

vallonné

Pronunciation / Transliteration: valonné

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hilly/ˈhɪli/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le terrain vallonné a rendu la randonnée difficile."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by many hills.

    "The hilly terrain made the hike both challenging and rewarding."
  2. 2

    Having a lot of hills; not flat.

    "The hilly landscape was perfect for mountain biking."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'hilly' originates from the Old English 'hyll', meaning 'hill'. It evolved through Middle English as 'hille', reflecting the geographical features of the landscape, particularly in hilly regions, which have been significant in English-speaking areas since the early medieval period.

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