igloo

English

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡluː/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡluː

Noun

igloo (plural igloos)

An igloo.

1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
2. (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
3. (military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
   • 2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction:

     General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes.

4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.
   • 1978, Made in Mexico

     Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]

Translations

Inuit snow house

• Assamese: ইগ্লো (iglü)
• Asturian: iglú m
• Bulgarian: иглу n (iglu)
• Catalan: iglú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冰屋 (bing¹ uk¹), 雪屋 (syut³ uk¹)

  Mandarin: 冰屋 (zh) (bīngwū), 伊格魯／伊格鲁, 伊格鲁 (īgélǔ)

• Cree: ᐄᔅᒌᒣᐅᑲᒥᒄ (iisciimeokamikw) (iischiimeukamikw)
• Czech: iglú (cs) n
• Danish: iglo (da) c
• Dutch: iglo (nl) m
• Esperanto: iglo (eo)
• Faroese: iglo f
• Finnish: iglu (fi)
• French: igloo (fr) m, iglou (fr) m
• Galician: iglú m
• German: Iglu (de) m or n, Schneehaus n, Schneehütte f
• Greek: ιγκλού (el) n (igkloú)
• Greenlandic: illu
• Hebrew: איגלו (he) m (íglu)
• Hindi: इग्लू m (iglū), इगलू m (iglū)
• Hungarian: iglu (hu)
• Icelandic: snjóhús n
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• Ido: igluo (io)
• Inuktitut: iglu
• Italian: iglù (it) m
• Japanese: イグルー (igurū)
• Korean: 이글루 (ko) (igeullu)
• Malay: iglu
• Ojibwe: mikwamiiwigamig
• Pashto: ايغلو
• Polish: igloo (pl) n, iglu (pl) n
• Portuguese: iglu (pt) m
• Russian: и́глу (ru) n (íglu)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-sneachda m
• Spanish: iglú (es) m
• Swedish: snöhydda c, igloo (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠁꠉꠟꠥ (igolu)
• Tagalog: iglu
• Thai: อิกลู (ìk-luu)
• Tibetan: ཁྱགས་རོམ་ཁང་པ (khyags rom khang pa)
• Vietnamese: lều tuyết
• Volapük: el iglu, liglud, nifadom läskiomik, nifadom
• Welsh: tŷ rhew m, tŷ iâ m, iglw m
• Yup'ik: aniguyaq

See also

• traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)
• quinzhee
• snow fort

Anagrams

• logoi, oglio, oligo, oligo-

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French

un igloo

Alternative forms

• iglou

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡlu/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

igloo m (plural igloos)

1. igloo

Derived terms

• igloo mobile

Further reading

• “igloo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

igloo

Alternative forms

• iglu

Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Noun

igloo n (indeclinable)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

Further reading

• igloo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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