molehill
English
Etymology
From
mole
+
hill
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈməʊlhɪl/
Audio
(
Southern England
)
:
(file)
Noun
molehill
(
plural
molehills
)
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
molehill mountaineer
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)