icicle

Significat (Anglès)

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

Sinònims

ice

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crystal

cut glass

hoarfrost

ice cube

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rime

aloofness

snow

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʌɪsəkəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: isykle

Heretat de anglès antic: īsġicel

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Iesjuukel

Cognat amb danès: jisegel

Cognat amb noruec: isjukel

Cognat amb Elfdalian: aisikkel

In summary

From Middle English isykle, isikel, from Old English īsġicel, from Proto-West Germanic *īsajikil, *īsajekul, equivalent to ice + ickle. It was assimilated to nouns in -icle, from Latin -iculus—the expected spelling would have -ickle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel (“icicle”), German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”) and Elfdalian aisikkel.