breaking wave
A wave whose crest becomes unstable and spills or curls forwards into foam.
All languages
- English
- breaking wave
- Norwegian
- brenning
- Japanese
- 砕ける波 — くだけるなみ — kudakerunami
- Korean
- 부서지는 파도 — buseojineun pado
- Spanish
- ola rompiente
- French
- vague déferlante
- German
- Brechende Welle
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