colluvion
French, noun/kɔ.ly.vjɔ̃/
colluvion is spelled C-O-L-L-U-V-I-O-N (9 letters). Colluvion is a French masculine noun meaning “colluvium (a loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépôt de bas du versant d'une colline ou d'une montagne, relativement fin et plutôt angulaire dont les…”.
What does colluvion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolluvium (a loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dépôt de bas du versant d'une colline ou d'une montagne, relativement fin et plutôt angulaire dont les éléments désagrégés, à la différence des alluvions, ont subi un faible transport.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colluvion
- colluvions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colluvion?
- /kɔ.ly.vjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.ly.vjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colluvion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.