noun · Nature

earthquake

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The meaning (definition) of the word earthquake

a shaking of the ground caused by the Earth moving

The word earthquake used in a sentence

An earthquake made the ground shake and the toys fall down.

Words that mean the same as earthquake (synonyms)

quaketremor

The plural of the word earthquake

earthquakes

How the word earthquake is said around the world

Frenchtremblement de terre (trahnbluhmahn duh ter)
Spanishterremoto (tayraymohtoh)
Mandarin地震 (dì zhèn)
Hindiभूकंप (bookump)
Arabicزلزال (zeelzahl)
Russianземлетрясение (zemletriasenie)
Portuguese (EU)terremoto (tayrimawtuu)
Portuguese (BR)terremoto (taykhaymawtuu)
Japanese地震 (jishin)
GermanErdbeben (erdbaybuhn)
Urduزلزلہ (zahlzahlah)
Punjabiਭੂਚਾਲ (pookyahl)
Korean지진 (jijin)
Hebrewרְעִידַת אֲדָמָה (reedaht ahdahmah)
Greekσεισμός (seismos)
Dutchaardbeving (ahrdbuhving)
Tagaloglindol (leendohl)
Vietnameseđộng đất (dohng duhurt)
Turkishdeprem (depram)
Persianزلزله (zaylzaylay)
Polishtrzęsienie ziemi (chenyshenye zhemee)
Ukrainianземлетрус (zemletrus)
Bengaliভূমিকম্প (boomeekawmpaw)
Swedishjordbävning (yoordbuhvning)
Italianterremoto (tayrraymawtoh)

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