landfall

English

Etymology

land +‎ fall

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.fɔːl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.fɑl/, /ˈlænd.fɔl/

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

Arrival at the shore by ship.
We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!

Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
(obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.

Derived terms

make landfall

Translations

arrival of a ship at the shore

Chinese:
Mandarin: 登陆 (zh) (dēnglù)
Czech: přistání (cs) n
Finnish: rantautuminen (fi)
German: Landung (de) f

Irish: teacht i dtír m
Italian: approdo (it) m, attracco (it) m
Scottish Gaelic: fradharc-tìre m
Spanish: recalada (es), aterrada (es) f
Swedish: angöring

place at which a storm reaches the land

Finnish: rantautumispaikka

Italian: il toccare terra m, raggiungere la terraferma

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Spanish: ^{(please verify)} tocar tierra

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