precipice

Etymology
First attested in 1598, from, from , from , from + , ultimately from.

Distantly related to through, from  + , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) A very steep cliff.
 * 2)  The brink of a dangerous situation.
 * 3)  A headlong fall or descent.
 * 1)  A headlong fall or descent.
 * 1)  A headlong fall or descent.
 * 1)  A headlong fall or descent.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: sıldırım,
 * Basque: amildegi, malkar
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, timba
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: avgrund, meitilberg
 * Finnish:, kalliojyrkänne
 * French:
 * Georgian: ხრამი, უფსკრული, ფლატე, კბოდე
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κρημνός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: खड़ी चट्टान,
 * Interlingua: precipitio
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: abruptum
 * Macedonian: у́рва, про́паст
 * Maori: tupari, paritū, tūparengahua
 * Old Norse: brant, bratt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, despeñadero
 * Swedish:
 * Tarifit: addar
 * Tocharian B: yast
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прі́рва, кру́ча


 * German:


 * Greek:, , ,

Noun

 * 1)  steep cliff