steppe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstɛp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/stɛp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(step)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
steppe /stɛp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geographya wide or vast plain, esp. one without trees.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
steppe (step),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. Geographyan extensive plain, esp. one without trees.
  2. Geography, Place Names The Steppes:
    • the vast grasslands, esp. those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.
    • See Kirghiz Steppe. 
  • Russian step' or Ukrainian step; ulterior origin, originally uncertain
  • 1665–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
steppe / stɛp/
  1. (often plural) an extensive grassy plain usually without trees
    Compare prairie, pampas
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old Russian step lowland
'steppe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Donets - Kazakh Steppe - Kirghiz Steppe - Kyrgyz Steppe - Steppes - footstep - prairie - taiga - veld
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