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noun, feminine

avalanche

/a.va.lɑ̃ʃ/

noun, feminine/a.va.lɑ̃ʃ/plural: avalanches

avalanche

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal avalançhe (Savoy), blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), alteration of Late Latin labina (“landslide”) (compare (Dauphiné) Franco-Provençal lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābor (“to slip, slide”).