roche moutonnée en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɒʃ muːˈtɒneɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
From French roche moutonnée, from roche (“rock”) + moutonnée (“wavy”).
Meanings
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A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
Some are obviously roches moutonnées, polished and shaped by the ice-sheet that covered this whole landscape during the last million years of the Pleistocene ice age – a geological yesterday compared with the formation of the Alpine chain itself.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 100:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roches moutonnées | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (4)
sv rundhäll (rock formation) · pl muton (rock formation) · pl baraniec (rock formation) · fr roche moutonnée (rock formation)