Icicle

I′ci-cle

,

Noun.

[OE.

isikel

, AS.

īsgicel

;

īs

ice +

gicel

icicle; akin to Icel.

jökull

; cf. Gael.

eigh

ice, Ir.

aigh

.]

A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water;

as, the

icicles

on the eaves of a house

.

Icicle

I'CICLE

,

Noun.

A pendent conical mass of ice, formed by the freezing of water or other fluid as it flows down an inclined plane, or collects in drops and is suspended. In the north of England, it is called ickle.

icicle

English

Icicles descending from a tree branch. (Click to enlarge.)

Noun

icicle ‎(plural icicles)

A spear-shape of ice.

Derived terms

icicle radish

Translations

a spear-shape of ice

Albanian: **** (sq) m
Arabic: دَلَاة جَلِيدِيَّة f ‎(dalā(t) jalīdiyya)
Armenian: սառցալուլա (hy) ‎(saṙcʿalula), սառցալեզվակ (hy) ‎(saṙcʿalezvak)
Azeri: buz lüləsi, lülə
Bashkir: боҙбармаҡ ‎(boðbarmaq)
Belarusian: лядзя́ш m ‎(ljadzjáš), лядзя́к m ‎(ljadzják), сусо́лка f ‎(susólka), сапе́ль m ‎(sapjélʹ)
Breton: dant-Genver (br) m
Bulgarian: вису́лка (bg) f ‎(visúlka)
Catalan: caramell f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冰柱 (zh) ‎(bīngzhù), 冰锥 (zh) ‎(bīngzhuī)
Czech: rampouch (cs) m, střechýl (cs) m
Danish: istap (da) c
Dutch: pegel m, ijspegel m, ijskegel m
Esperanto:
Estonian: jääpurikas
Faroese: glerpípa f
Finnish: jääpuikko (fi)
French: stalactite (fr) m
Georgian: ლოლუა ‎(lolua)
German: Eiszapfen (de) m
Greek: παγοκρύσταλλος (el) m ‎(pagokrýstallos)
Hungarian: jégcsap (hu)
Icelandic: grýlukerti (is) n
Ido:
Irish: briogadán m, birín seaca m, reodóg f, bior seaca m, bior siocáin m
Italian: ghiacciolo (it) m
Japanese: 氷柱 ‎(つらら, tsurara)
Kannada: ಹಿಮದ ಬಿಳಲು (kn) ‎(himada biḷalu), ಹಿಮಸರಳು (kn) ‎(himasaraḷu)
Kazakh: сүмелек ‎(sümelek), сүңгі ‎(süñgi)

Korean: 고드름 (ko) ‎(godeureum)
Latin: stīria f
Latvian: lāsteka f
Lithuanian: varveklis m
Macedonian: мра́зулец m ‎(mrázulec)
Manx: bwoid rioee m
Mongolian: соеө мөс ‎(sojeö mös)
Navajo: tin nááʼáhígíí
Norwegian: istapp m
Novial:
Occitan:
Oriya:
Persian: دنگاله (fa) ‎(dangâle)
Polish: sopel (pl) m
Portuguese: sincelo (pt) m
Romanian: țurțur (ro) m
Russian: сосу́лька (ru) f ‎(sosúlʹka)
Scottish Gaelic: caisean-reòta m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: леденица f, поледица f

Roman: ledenica (sh) f, poledica (sh) f
Slovak: cencúľ m
Slovene: ledena sveča (sl) f
Spanish: carámbano (es) m
Swedish: istapp (sv) c
Tagalog: kalamoko
Turkish: buz saçağı
Ukrainian: буру́лька (uk) f ‎(burúlʹka)
Vietnamese: cột băng, trụ băng
Volapük: gladül
Welsh: pibonwyen (cy) f

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