Meanings
nounlandslide (plural landslides)
plural landslides
- A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
Near-synonym: mudflow
1 more example
The landslides Wednesday in Zhejiang province, south of the financial hub of Shanghai, followed Typhoon Megi, which brought heavy rains and high winds to China and Taiwan this past week.[…] The second landslide in Wencheng county killed five people, with one person still missing, an official at the county’s flood control office said Saturday.
2016 September 30, “13 dead, 20 still missing in China after typhoon landslides”, in AP News, sourced from Beijing (AP), archived from the original on 25 Sep 2024 - A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
The candidate won at 61% to 39%, which most people are calling a landslide.
Synonyms: landslide victory
verblandslide (third-person singular simple present landslides, present participle landsliding, simple past and past participle landslid)
present singular third person landslides · participle present landsliding · participle past landslid · past landslid
- To undergo a landslide.
So it landslid mightily, carrying off greens and fairways and all.
1921, The Illustrated London News, volume 158, page 356
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.
nounA vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-West Germanic*land
- Old Englishland
- Middle Englishlond
- Englishland
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃sleydʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃sléydʰeti
- Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
- Proto-West Germanic*slīdan
- Old Englishslīdan
- Middle Englishsliden
- Englishslide
- Englishlandslide
Translations
Arabic اِنْهِيَار أَرْضِيّ
- اِنْهِيَار أَرْضِيّ (inhiyār ʔarḍiyy)natural disaster
Basque luizi
- luizinatural disaster
Bulgarian свличане, свлачище
- свличане (svličane)natural disaster
- свлачище (svlačište)natural disaster
Catalan ensulsiada, esllavissada
- ensulsiadanatural disaster
- esllavissadanatural disaster
- esllavissamentnatural disaster
Chinese Mandarin 山崩, 滑坡
- 山崩 (shānbēng)natural disaster
- 滑坡 (huápō)natural disaster
- 地滑 (dìhuá)natural disaster
- 塌方 (tāfāng)natural disaster
Danish bjergskred, jordskred
- bjergskrednatural disaster
- jordskrednatural disaster
- jordskredssejrvote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Dutch lawine, aardverschuiving
- lawinenatural disaster
- aardverschuivingnatural disaster
Esperanto terŝoviĝo
- terŝoviĝonatural disaster
Finnish maanvyöry, maanvyörymä
- maanvyörynatural disaster
- maanvyörymänatural disaster
- äänivyöryvote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
French glissement de terrain
- glissement de terrainnatural disaster
German Erdrutsch, erdrutschartiger Sieg
- Erdrutschnatural disaster
- erdrutschartiger Siegvote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- überwältigender Siegvote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- Erdrutschsiegvote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Greek κατολίσθηση
- κατολίσθηση (katolísthisi)natural disaster
Hebrew מַפֹּלֶת
- מַפֹּלֶת (mapólet)natural disaster
Hindi भूस्खलन
- भूस्खलन (bhūskhalan)natural disaster
Hungarian földcsuszamlás
- földcsuszamlásnatural disaster
Indonesian tanah longsor
- tanah longsornatural disaster
Irish maidhm thalún, sciorradh talún
- maidhm thalúnnatural disaster
- sciorradh talúnnatural disaster
Italian frana, smottamento
- frananatural disaster
- smottamentonatural disaster
- slavinanatural disaster
- vittoria schiacciantevote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- a valangavote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Japanese 地滑り, 山崩れ
- 地滑り (ji-suberi)natural disaster
- 山崩れ (yama-kuzure)natural disaster
- 山津波 (yama-tsunami)natural disaster
- 土砂崩れ (dosha-kuzure)natural disaster
- 地滑り的勝利 (jisuberi-teki shōri)vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Korean 산사태, 압도적인 승리
- 산사태 (sansatae)natural disaster
- 압도적인 승리 (apdojeogin seungni)vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Latin lābīna
- lābīnanatural disaster
Malay tanah runtuh
- tanah runtuhnatural disaster
Māori horo, horowhenua
- horonatural disaster
- horowhenuanatural disaster
Norwegian steinras
- steinrasnatural disaster
Norwegian Bokmål jordras, jordskred
- jordrasnatural disaster
- jordskrednatural disaster
Persian رانش زمین
- رانش زمین (râneš-e zamīn)natural disaster
Polish osuwisko, obryw
- osuwiskonatural disaster
- obrywnatural disaster
- walne zwycięstwovote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Portuguese deslizamento, desabamento
- deslizamentonatural disaster
- desabamentonatural disaster
- derrocadanatural disaster
- lavadavote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Romanian alunecare de teren, alunecare de pământ
- alunecare de terennatural disaster
- alunecare de pământnatural disaster
Russian о́ползень, обва́л
- о́ползень (ópolzenʹ)natural disaster
- обва́л (obvál)natural disaster
- лави́на (lavína)natural disaster
Spanish corrimiento de tierra, deslave
- corrimiento de tierranatural disaster
- deslavenatural disaster
- desprendimiento térreonatural disaster
- argayonatural disaster
- alud terreronatural disaster
- goleadavote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- victoria aplastantevote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- tanateada arrolladoravote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Swedish jordskred
- jordskrednatural disaster
Tagalog guho ng lupa, guhunlupa
- guho ng lupanatural disaster
- guhunlupanatural disaster
Tamil நிலச்சரிவு
- நிலச்சரிவு (nilaccarivu)natural disaster
Thai ดินถล่ม, แผ่นดินถล่ม
- ดินถล่ม (din-tà-lòm)natural disaster
- แผ่นดินถล่ม (pɛ̀n-din-tà-lòm)natural disaster
- ชนะขาดลอย (chá-ná-kàat-lɔɔi)vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
- นอนมา (nɔɔn-maa)vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority
Ukrainian зсув, о́повзень
- зсув (zsuv)natural disaster
- о́повзень (ópovzenʹ)natural disaster
- обва́л (obvál)natural disaster
Urdu ریزشِ زمین, ہبوطِ ارضی
- ریزشِ زمین (reziś-e-zamīn)natural disaster
- ہبوطِ ارضی (hubūt-e-arzī)natural disaster
- تنزلِ زمین (tanazzul-e-zamīn)natural disaster
Vietnamese lở đất, sạt lở đất
- lở đấtnatural disaster
- sạt lở đấtnatural disaster
Welsh tirlithriad, cwymp tir
- tirlithriadnatural disaster
- cwymp tirnatural disaster
Cite this entry
APA
landslide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landslide
MLA
“landslide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landslide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landslide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landslide.
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