Name |
French |
Spanish |
Catalan |
English |
Achar | Passage étroit | Hoz, Paso estrecho, Collado | Coll estret | Narrow pass |
Agulle, Agulla | Aiguille, cime pointue | Aguja | Agulla | Needle, sharp summit |
Aigüe, aygue, ague, aigue, agudes | Eau | Agua | Aigua | Water |
Aigüalluts, aigüamoll | Marécage | Pantano | Pantà | Bog |
Añes, agnes | Cours d'eau, ruisseau, torrent | Arroyo, torrente | Riu | Stream, little river, brook |
Ara | Vallée | Valle | Vall | Valley |
Arredoun, arou, aroun, redo, redon | Rond | Redondeado | Arrodonit | Round shaped |
Arraillé, arralhé, araillous, arralhos, raillère | Pierraille, pente d'éboulis | Canchal, canchalera, Pedrera, Pedregal | Canchal, canchalera, Pedrera, Pedregal | Hillside of fallen rocks, scree |
Argelès, argelas | Argile | Arcilla | Argila | Clay |
Arres, lapiaz | Rochers calcaires crevassés | Lapiaz | Lapiaz | Cracked limestone rocks |
Arribet | Petit cours d'eau | Aroyo, Pequeño curso de Agua | Rierol, Petit curs d'Aigua | Brook, stream |
Arriou, arriu, arroys | Ruisseau | Arroyo | Riu | Brook |
Arrouy, Arroy, rouy, royo, rouyo, roig | Rouge | Roig | CA | Red |
Artigue | Pâturage acquis par défrichement | Pasto, prado, pradera | Pastura, prat, prada | Pasture acquired by clearing |
Abet, avet, avetouse | Sapin, sapinière | Abeto, Avetar | Avet, pines | Fir trees, fir plantation |
Albe, alba, aube | A l'Est, oriental | Oriental | Oriental | On the East, Oriental |
Ast | Pointe rocheuse | Cima rocosa | Cim Rocós | Crag |
Auliou | Du lac | Del lago | Del llac | Of the lake |
Ayous | Myrtille | Arándano | Nabiu | Bilberry |
Bac, baga, obaga, paco, ubac, baco | Versant à l'ombre | Lado a la sombra | Costat a l'ombra | Shaded hillside |
Baigt | Vallée | Valle | Vall | Valley |
Baix | Bas | Bajo, profundo | Baix | Low, deep |
Barradat | Lieu clos | Lugar Cerrados | Lloc tancats | Closed place |
Barranc, Barranco | Vallon encaissé | Cala | Cala | Steep hollow valley |
Bassia, bastan, baztan | Lieu de rassemblement des moutons | Arroyo, torrente | Riu | Place for gathering the sheep |
Bat, bal, batch, baigt, badette, baillette, vath | Petite vallée | Vallecito | Vallecito | Small valley |
Bedoura | Lieu planté de bouleaux | Lugar plantado de abedules | Lloc plantat de bedolls | Place with birch trees |
Bieilh,vielh | Vieux, ancien | viejo/mayor/anciano/antiguo | vell/major/ancià/antigalla | Old, ancient |
Bielle, bilhères, bielsa, vielha | Village | pueblo, villa | poble, vila | Village |
Blanque, blanca | Blanc | SP | CA | White |
Boala | Lieu des bovins | SP | CA | Place for the cattle |
Boucoua, Boucòu | Au confluent de 2 rivières | SP | CA | At the cross of two rivers |
Bocou, boucau | Encaissé | SP | CA | Steep hollow |
Bosc | Bois | Bosque | CA | Wood |
Boucharo | Averse avec beaucoup de vent | SP | CA | Rain storm with a lot of wind |
Boum | Petit lac profond | Laguito profundo | Estany profund | Small deep lake |
Bony | Sommet arrondi | Cabezo, Cerro | CA | Round shaped top |
Borde, borda | Grange, bergerie, étable sur prairie de fauche | Borda, Choza, Cabaña | CA | Barn, sheepfold, cowshed on a harvest meadow |
Brèque, esque | Brèche | Brecha | CA | Breach |
Caillauas, Caillaouas, Cailliaou, caillau, calhau | Pierraille | SP | CA | Fallen rocks |
Cairn | Pile de pierre | Hito, Mojon | Fita | Stony heap |
Calm | Chemin, sentier | camino / senda | camí / sendera | Path, bridleway, footpath |
Cami | Sommet arrondi, haut plateau | Cabezo, Cerro | CA | Round shaped top, wide flat |
Capera, Caperan, campana | Rocher pointu, aiguille, gendarme | Pináculo, Aguja | Pinacle, Agulla | Sharp rock, crag, pinacle |
Canal, Canau, Canaou | Couloir raide | Canal | CA | Steep corridor |
Cap | Plant à capsule (thym) | SP | CA | Overshanging summit |
Cascoelhe, Couscoùlhe | Sommet avancé | SP | CA | Plant with capsule (thyme) |
Castet | Château | Castillo | CA | Castle |
Cayolar, cuyala | Enclos et bergerie d'estive | SP | CA | Enclosure and pasture sheepfold |
Clot, cloutou, esclot, esclose, escloze | Vallon fermé, cuvette | SP | CA | Closed valley, basin |
Commète | Col | Collado | CA | Col |
Collada, collel, collet, couret, pas | Petite combe | SP | CA | Small corrie |
Corral, cortal | Enclos pour le bétail | SP | CA | Fenced place for the cattle |
Costardoune | Monticule arrondi | SP | CA | Round shaped hillock |
Coste | Côte, monticule | SP | CA | Rib, hillock |
Couillac, Couillade | Col large en herbe | SP | CA | Grassy wide col |
Coume, coma | Combe, haut d'un vallon resserré. | SP | CA | Corrie, height of a narrow valley |
Courade, corada, couret | Col, passage | Paso, collado | Coll | Col, Pass |
Courtaou, courau, coueyla, courtau, cuyeou | Cabane de berger | SP | CA | Herdsman's hut |
Coustète | Petite côte | SP | CA | Small slope |
Crabe | Chèvre, isard | Cabra, rebeco, sarrio | CA | Goat, Isard (Pyrenean Chamois) |
Culaous, Culaus | Creux | SP | CA | Hollow |
Cuns | Sommet pointu | SP | CA | Sharp summit |
Dalt | Haut | SP | CA | Tall |
Doline | Dépression de terrain | SP | CA | Depression of ground |
Earrat | Crête dentelée | SP | CA | Jagged ridge |
Embarrat | Enfermé | SP | CA | Closed |
Escalette | Passage en forme d'escalier | SP | CA | Stair shaped pass |
Espade | Epée | Espada | Espasa | Sword |
Espuguette, espelunya, espugne, espalungue, Espelunga | Grotte | Cueva | Cova | Cave |
Esquirete, esquirry | Clochette | SP | CA | Little bell |
Estaing, estanh, estany, estanio | Etang | SP | CA | Pond |
Estanyet, estagnol, estanyoso | Laquet, petit lac | Lago pequeño | Estany petit | Small lake ("lochan" !) |
Estibe, Estibère, Estiouaou, estibadoù | Pâturage d'été | SP | CA | Summer pasture |
Estiouère | Pâturage de moyenne montagne | SP | CA | Middle level mountain pasture |
Estaque | Lieu où l'on parque les bovins | SP | CA | Parking place for the cattle |
Fache, faja, faxa, feixa | Vire, corniche sur une falaise | SP | CA | Ledge, pinnacle on a cliff |
Fag, fach, faig, faigt | Hêtre | SP | CA | Beech |
Fite, fita | Pierre levée, pointue | SP | CA | Standing stone, sharp |
Font, fuen | Fontaine | Fuente | Font | Spring |
Forat, forrau, hourat, foya, hoya, hours | Trou | SP | CA | Hole |
Forcall, forcat, fourc, fourcat, forqueta | Fourche | SP | CA | Fork |
Foz | Canyon | Cañón | Canó | Canyon |
Freschou | Frêne | SP | CA | Ash tree |
Frondella | Montagne resserrée, en forme de cirque | Monte afilado y estrecho | Muntanya afilat i estret | Narrow, corrie shaped mountain |
Gabre | Ravin | SP | CA | Ravine |
Galay, gallay, esgallay | Eboulement | SP | CA | Mass of fallen rocks |
Gargante, garganta | Gorge profonde | Garganta | CA | Hollow gorge, canyon |
Garit | Germe de plante | SP | CA | Germ of plant |
Garmo | Sommet abrupt | Cima escarpada | CA | Steep summit |
Gau | Passage étroit, escarpé | Paso estrecho, collado | Coll estret | Narrow steep pass |
Gaube | Canal dans une vallée | SP | CA | Canal into a valley |
Gave | Rivière pyrénéenne (affluente de l'Adour) | Rio (afluent del Adour) | Riu (afluent del Adour) | Pyrenean river (flowing in the Adour) |
Gar, Ger, gère, germ | Prairie d'altitude | Aradera de pastos altos | Prada de pastures altes | High meadow |
Gispet | Herbe dure, glissante par mauvais temps | SP | CA | Hard grass, sleepy on bad weather |
Glère, glare, glero | Pierrailles, éboulis, gravières | Pedrera, Cancha | CA | Collapse mass of rocks, small rocks, screes |
Gourg, gourga, gorg | Lac profond | Gorgo, basa | CA | Deep pond |
Graouès | Pierrier, éboulis | SP | CA | Fallen rocks |
Gretilhat, gretilhe | Anfracuosité | SP | CA | Crack, opening |
Güell | Résurgence d'eau | SP | CA | Water spring |
Hèche | Inculte | SP | CA | Uncultivated |
Herm | Fer | SP | CA | Iron |
Herran, Herrere | Source | SP | CA | Source |
Hount, font, fount | Trou, resurgence, | SP | CA | Hole, source, resurgence, spring |
Hountarrouya | Col élevé | Paso alto | pas alt | High col |
Hourat | Source ferrugineuse | SP | CA | Rusty source |
Hourquette | Menhir, borne | SP | CA | Menhir, standing stone |
Hitte | Falaise | Precipicio | CA | Cliff |
Ibón, Ibónet, Lacot | Laquet, petit lac | Lago | CA | Small lake |
Illa, Isla, Isclot | Ile | SP | CA | Island |
Jasse, jaça, jassa | Replat herbeux ou les troupeaux passent la nui | SP | CA | Grassy flat where beasts spend the night |
Llauses | Lauses, dalles, pierres plates | SP | CA | Tile, flat stones, paving stones |
Llena | Sommet abrupt | SP | CA | Steep top |
Labas, Labasse, Labassa, lauze, lause | Dalles escarpées, pierres plates | SP | CA | Thin sharp stones, flat stones |
Laquette, laqueta | Petit lac, laquet | SP | CA | Small lake |
Letouso, leitouso | Lait (bon lait..) | SP | CA | Milk (good milk..) |
Lez, Lèze | Eau qui court | SP | CA | Fast water |
Lis, Lits, Iys, llisa | Avalanche | SP | CA | Avalanche |
Litaras | Couloir d'avalanche | SP | CA | Avalanche corridor |
Louseras | Ardoise | SP | CA | Slate |
Lousserio | Sources | SP | CA | Sources |
Ludeto | Abri de berger | SP | CA | Sherperd's shelter |
Mailh, mail | Sommet escarpé, pinnacle | Mallo | CA | Steep summit, pinnacle |
Major, majou | Le plus grand | SP | CA | The biggest |
Majada, mallada, mallata | Replat herbeux | Majada | CA | Grassy flat |
Male, mau | Mauvaise | SP | CA | Bad |
Mata | Bosquet, petit bois | SP | CA | Bush or undergrowth |
Marcadau | Marché | SP | CA | Market |
Mij, mieil | Milieu | SP | CA | Middle |
Mondon, moundougn | Tas, talus | SP | CA | Heap, hillock |
Monjoia | Cairn, tas de pierres | SP | CA | Cairn, pile of stones |
Mouillère | Terrain marécageux | SP | CA | Marsh, peat, bog |
Mourène | Brun | SP | CA | Brown |
Muela | Cote escarpé | Muela | CA | Steep hillside |
Muga, mugo | Frontiere | SP | CA | Border |
Néou, Neo | Neige | Nueva | Neu | Snow |
Nère, Né, Nègre | Noir | SP | CA | Black |
Neste, Noguera | Rivière de montagne | Río de montaña | Riu de muntanya | Mountain river |
Nouie | Falaise calcaire | SP | CA | Limestone cliff |
Ombret | Versant exposé au nord, donc à l'ombre | SP | CA | Northern hillside, in the shaddow |
Orrhi, orri, orry | Cabane ronde en pierres sèches | Cabaña de piedra | CA | Round shaped hut made of dry rocks |
Oueillère, houeillassat | Brebis | SP | CA | Ewe |
Oule, Oulette | Cuvette | SP | CA | Hollow basin |
Ourtiga, Ourtigué | Lieu où il y a des orties | SP | CA | Place with nettle |
Pale | Pelouse en pente raide | Colina empinada | CA | Steep grassy hillside |
Paloume, paloma | Palombe | SP | CA | Grouse |
Paquiza | Versant nord | SP | CA | Northern hillside |
Pas, Passe | Passage délicat | SP | CA | Dangerous pass |
Paúl | Lieu marécageux | SP | CA | Boggy place |
Pedrous, pedrosa, pedros | Pierreux | Rocoso | Rocós | Rocky |
Pène, peyne | Sommet aplati et allongé | SP | CA | Flat and long summit |
Peyre | Pierre, roché isolé | SP | CA | Lonely stone or rock |
Peyrada | Amas, tas de pierres | SP | CA | Pile of fallen stones |
Pica, pique | Pic, cime, sommet | Pico | Pica, Pic | Peak, top, summit |
Pichalei, pichaley | Lieu de rassemblement des bovins | SP | CA | Parking place for the cattle |
Piches | Cascades, cascadelles | SP | CA | Waterfall, small waterfalls |
Pla, planelle, pleta, ras, llano | Terrain plat, plateau, replat | SP | CA | Flat ground, high flat, flat hillside |
Pleta, pletiu | Bergerie | SP | CA | Sheepfold |
Port, Pourtère, portaro, portella, portillon, pourtère | Col frontalier | SP | CA | Boundary col |
Porteille | Col étroit, aux versants abrupts | SP | CA | Narrow col, with steep sides |
Posets, pocets | Gouffre, puit | SP | CA | Hole, cavity |
Pourtet, Portalet | Petit col | SP | CA | Small col |
Prat, Pradère | Pré | Pra | Prado | Meadow |
Puig, puech, pouey, pujol, puyo, pouy | Eminence | SP | CA | Overstanding top |
Punta | Pointe, sommet | Punta | CA | Top, summit |
Quebe, quieba, cova | Abri sous roche | SP | CA | Shelter under a stone |
Quer, kar | Rocher | SP | CA | Rock |
Ralla, raya | Partie verticale du sommet | SP | CA | Vertical part of a summit |
Raso | Colline sans arbre, haut plateau | SP | CA | Hill without trees, high flat |
Restanca | Barrage, prise d'eau | Presa, hidrante | Presa, hidrant | Dam, hydrant |
Rey, aurey, ourey | Roi ou vent (selon contexte) | Rey o viento (Dependiendo del contexto) | Rei o vent (Depenent del context) | King, or wind (depending on context) |
Ribera | Vallée, rivière | Rivera | CA | Valley, river |
Ribereta | Vallée secondaire | SP | CA | Secondary valley |
Rio, rau, rec, riu | Cours d'eau | SP | CA | Water stream |
Ros, arros, darros | Rosée | rocío | rosada | Dew |
Sagette, sayette | Epée, lance | Espada, Lanza | Espasa, Llança | Sword, spear |
Sarrat, serra, sierra, serra | Chaînon de montagnes, chaine allongée, mont non rocheux | Sierra | Serra | Small mountain range, long-shaped range, non rocky range |
Sède, seda | Siège, éminence | SP | CA | Overstanding top, high place |
Seilh, Seil | Glacier | Glaciar | Glacera | Glacier (icy mass on high mountains) |
Selva, seuva | Bois, bosquet | SP | CA | Little wood, small forest |
Senda, sente | Sentier cré par le passage d'animaux | trocha | trocha | Animal track |
Solan, Solana, Solelhar, Soula | Versant exposé au sud, donc ensoleillé | SP | CA | Southern hillside, then in the sun |
Sec, Seque | Aride, à sec | Seco | Seca | Dry, empty of water |
Sesques | Marécages | SP | CA | Marsh, bog |
Soubette | Edelweiss | Flor de las nieves | Flor de les neus | Edelweiss |
Soum | Sommet arrondi | Monte, Cabezo, Cerro | Muntanya, Monte | Round shaped top |
Tartera, tarter | Terrain rocailleux, pierrier | SP | CA | Rocky ground, fallen rocks |
Tasca | Paturâge | SP | CA | Pasture |
Tech | If | SP | CA | Fir tree |
Tormo, turmo | Bloc, roche compacte | Canto, bloque | Cant, blocs | Block, boulder |
Tóssa, tossau, tossal, tozal, tuc, tuque | Pic, sommet escarpé. Sommet portant une tour. | SP | CA | Peak, sharp summit. Summit with a cairn. |
Toue | Abri sous roche | SP | CA | Shelter under a stone |
Tourbet | Cyclone | SP | CA | Cyclone |
Tourrat, torrat, gelat | Glacé | Helado | Gelat | Frozen |
Tort, Tortes | Tordu, tortueux, sinueux | SP | CA | Twisted, tortuous, sinuous |
Tramezaygues | Entre deux cours d'eau | SP | CA | Between two water streams |
Turon, turrou | Sommet arrondi | SP | CA | Round shaped summit |
Tusse, tusset, tussot | Butte, motte gazonnée | Colina | CA | Hillock, grassy top |
Ubago, ubac | Versant à l'ombre | SP | CA | Shaded hillside |
Ull | Fontaine | SP | CA | Fountain, spring |
Usclat | Partie brulée | SP | CA | Burnt field |
Uzious | Des deux lacs | SP | CA | From two lakes |
Vic | Village | SP | CA | Village |