Debris

See also débris

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈbɹiː/

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Etymology

Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- 'de-' + bris 'broken, crumbled', or from Middle French debriser 'to break apart', from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier, bruisier 'to break', ult. of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Debris]] origin, from Proto-Germanic *brūsianan (“‘to crush, break’”) from Proto-Indo-European *bhrous- (“‘to break, crumble’”). Akin to Old English brȳsan "to crush, bruise". More at bruise.

Noun

Singular Debris

Plural -

Debris (-)

1. Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
2. Litter and discarded refuse.
3. The ruins of a broken-down structure
4. Template:Geology Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Translations

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed

Bulgarian: отломки bg(bg) pl., развалини bg(bg) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 殘骸, simpl. 残骸 (cánhái) Dutch: puin n., wrakstukken, wrakhout, restanten Finnish: pirstaleet fi(fi) pl., jäänteet fi(fi) pl. German: Trümmer de(de) n. pl., Schutt de(de) m. Greek: συντρίμμια el(el) n. pl. (sintrímmia)

Hebrew: הריסות (harisot) f. pl. Japanese: 残骸 (ざんがい, zangai) Kurdish: داروپه‌ردو Portuguese: destroços m. pl. Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach gd(gd) f. Spanish: escombros es(es) m., restos es(es) m. Turkish: enkaz tr(tr)

Litter and discarded refuse

Bulgarian: остатъци bg(bg) pl., отпадъци bg(bg) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 垃圾, simpl. 垃圾 (lèsè) Dutch: overblijfselen pl., afval n., puin n. Finnish: jätteet fi(fi) pl.

German: Trümmer de(de) m. Russian: мусор ru(ru) (músor) m., лом ru(ru) (lom), обломки ru(ru) (oblómki) m. pl. Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach gd(gd) f. Spanish: basura f., cachureo m., ñiqueñaque m.

ruins of a broken-down structure

Bulgarian: отломки bg(bg) pl. Dutch: ruine nl(nl) Russian: развалины ru(ru) (razváliny) f. pl., руины ru(ru) (ruíny) f. pl.

Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach gd(gd) f. Turkish: yıkıntı tr(tr)

Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Dutch: gletjserpuin n. etc. German: Geröll de(de) n.

Spanish: fragmentos glaciares m.

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Translations to be checked

French: débris m. pl. Italian: residui m. pl.

Korean: 파편 Portuguese: restos m. pl. Spanish: ruina f.

Anagrams

• bdeirs,
• brides
• rebids

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