English Explanatory Dictionary

karst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
name
  1. A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.

Pronunciation

käst /kɑːst/ kärst /kɑɹst/ en-au-karst.ogg

Word forms

karst karsts the Karst Kras Carso

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“hard; rock”). More at Karst. The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.

Derived words

endokarst epikarst exokarst glaciokarst karstic karstification karstify karstology karst spring palaeokarst paleokarst phytokarst pseudokarst thermokarst
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