Definitions For Chernozem

Noun

CHERNOZEM. (countable and uncountable, plural CHERNOZEMs) A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.

Synonyms

black earth

Derived terms

Chernozemic

Translations

Belarusian: чарназём, m, sc=Cyrl Chinese: : Mandarin: 黑土, tr=hēitǔ, sc=Hani, 黑鈣土, sc=Hani, 黑钙土, tr=hēigàitǔ, sc=Hani Czech: černozem, f Finnish: tšernozem, mustamulta, mustamultamaannos French: tchernoziom, m, tchernozème, m German: Schwarzerde, f, Tschernosem, n Italian: černozëm, m Japanese: 黒土 (こくど, kokudo, sc=Jpan), チェルノゼム (cherunozemu), チェルノジョーム (cherunojōmu) Korean: 흑토, sc=Kore, 체르노젬, 체르노죰 Polish: czarnoziem, m Portuguese: chernozem, m Russian: чернозём, m Slovene: černozem, m Spanish: chernozem, m Swedish: svartjord, c Ukrainian: чорно́зем, m, sc=Cyrl Vietnamese: đất đen, hắc thổ, secnôziom

See also

dark earth greyzem kastanozem phaeozem rubrozem sierozem terra preta

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, ru, чернозём}}, "black soil". The letter "{{l, ru, ё}}" is usually written as "{{l, ru, е}}" in Russian, more accurately transliterated as "chernozyom"; compare {{l, ru, чернозе́мье}}, where "{{l, ru, ё}}" is changed to "{{l, ru, е}}".