molehill

English

molehills in a field

Etymology

From mole +‎ hill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊlhɪl/

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Noun

molehill (plural molehills)

1. A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

Derived terms

• make a mountain out of a molehill
• Molehill Green

Translations

A small mound of earth

• Bulgarian: къртичина f (kǎrtičina)
• Czech: krtina (cs) f
• Dutch: molshoop (nl) m
• Finnish: myyränmätäs
• French: taupinière (fr) f
• Galician: toupeira (gl) f, toupiñeira (gl) f
• German: Maulwurfshaufen (de) m
• Icelandic: moldvörpuhaugur m
• Ingrian: ajama
• Irish: carnán caochán m
• Japanese: 土竜塚, もぐらづか
• Latvian: kurmja rakums m
• Lithuanian: kurmrausis m
• Luxembourgish: Maulefskoup (lb) m
• Norman: taupinniéthe f (Jersey)
• Polish: kretowisko (pl) n
• Portuguese: monte/montículo de toupeira m
• Russian: крото́вина (ru) f (krotóvina)
• Samogitian: kormērausis m
• Spanish: topera (es) f
• Turkish: köstebek deliği, köstebek yuvası
• Venetan: muxighèr (vec) m
• Volapük: talpakum (vo)