sleet

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (US, countable, uncountable) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
2. (Ireland, Northeastern, UK, US, countable, uncountable) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
4. (countable, uncountable) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.

Verb

To be in a state in which sleet is falling.

Sinonieme

hail

freezing rain

wet snow

snow

❄️

hailstorm

rainfall

slob

sloven

slush

graupel

ice pellets

ice storm

shower sleet

ice rain

bad weather

frozen rain

foul weather

heel

jerk

rain

🌧️

Vertalings

aguanieve

nevischio

Schneeregen

grésil

aiguaneu

Graupel

granizo

Graupeln

acquaneve

χιονόνερο

grésiller

neige fondue

Eisregen

ijzel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sliːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: slete

Geërf van Old English: *slēte

Verwante met Deens: slud

Verwante met Nederduits: Sloot

Verwante met Duits: Schloße

In summary

From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.