orogenic

English

Etymology

From orogeny +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒɹə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/

Adjective

orogenic (comparative more orogenic, superlative most orogenic)

1. (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.

   Synonym: orogenous

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 116:

     For Suess, summing up folding and thrusting in a dozen mountain chains, orogenic events happened when the earth shrugged violently and pulled itself together.

Antonyms

• taphrogenic

Derived terms

• anorogenic
• orogenic belt
• synorogenic

 

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 造山 (zh) (zàoshān)

• French: orogénique (fr)
• German: gebirgsbildend
• Greek: ορογενετικός (el) (orogenetikós)
• Irish: oraigineach
• Italian: orogenico
• Polish: orogeniczny (pl), górotwórczy (pl)
• Portuguese: orogénico (pt) (Portugal), orogênico (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: orogénico (es)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French orogénique.

Adjective

orogenic m or n (feminine singular orogenică, masculine plural orogenici, feminine and neuter plural orogenice)

1. orogenic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	orogenic		orogenică		orogenici	orogenice
	definite	orogenicul		orogenica		orogenicii	orogenicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	orogenic		orogenice		orogenici	orogenice
	definite	orogenicului		orogenicei		orogenicilor	orogenicelor