earthfall

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earthfall

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From earth + fall. Cognate with Old Frisian irthfal, erthfel, erdfal, German Erdfall (“a sinkhole”), Danish jordfald, Swedish jordfall, Icelandic jarðfall. Compare waterfall.

noun earthfalls · earth-fall

A landslide.
Similar: dirtfall

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"earthfall." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/earthfall. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"earthfall." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/earthfall.

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@misc{earthfall_2026,
  title = {earthfall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/earthfall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}