Iceberg

English

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An iceberg

Etymology

From Danish isbjerg or Norwegian/Swedish isberg both meaning mountain of ice. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /'aɪsbɜːg/

Noun

Singular Iceberg

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Iceberg ({{{1}}})

1. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf

   The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

Related terms

ice ice floe

tip of the iceberg iceberger

Translations

huge mass of floating ice

Arabic: جبل جليد ar(ar) (jábal jaliid) m., جبل جليدي ar(ar) (jábal jaliidiy) m. Armenian: այսբերգ hy(hy) (aysberg) Basque: iceberg, izozmendi Belarusian: айсберг be(be) (ájsberh) m. Bulgarian: айсберг bg(bg) (ájsberg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 冰山 cmn(cmn) (bīngshān) Czech: kra cs(cs) f. Danish: isbjerg Dutch: ijsberg nl(nl) m. Esperanto: glacimonto eo(eo) Estonian: jäämägi Finnish: jäävuori fi(fi) French: iceberg fr(fr) m. Georgian: აისბერგი ka(ka) German: Eisberg de(de) m. Greek: παγόβουνο el(el) (pagóvouno) n. Hebrew: קרחון ימי he(he) Hindi: हिमशैल hi(hi) (himaśail) Hungarian: jéghegy hu(hu) Icelandic: borgarísjaki Indonesian: gunung es Interlingua: iceberg Italian: iceberg it(it) m.

Japanese: 氷山 ja(ja) (ひょうざん, hyōzan) Korean: 빙산 ko(ko) (bingsan) (氷山 ko(ko)) Latvian: aisbergs lv(lv) Lithuanian: ledkalnis m. Macedonian: санта мраз mk(mk) (sánta mraz) f., санта mk(mk) (sánta) f. Maltese: ajsberg Norwegian: isfjell no(no), isberg no(no) Persian: یخکوه fa(fa) (yakhkuh) Polish: góra lodowa pl(pl) f. Portuguese: icebergue m. Romanian: aisberg ro(ro) n. Russian: айсберг ru(ru) (ájsberg) m. Serbo-Croatian: санта f., sȃnta f., санта леда f., santa leda f. Slovak: ľadovec sk(sk) m., kryha sk(sk) f. Spanish: banquisa es(es) f., iceberg es(es) m. Swedish: isberg sv(sv) n. Thai: ภูเขาน้ำแข็ง th(th) (poo kăo náam kăeng) Turkish: aysberg tr(tr), buzdağı tr(tr) Ukrainian: айсберг uk(uk) (ájsberh) m. Vietnamese: núi băng trôi vi(vi) Volapük: gladabel Welsh: eisberg, mynydd iâ

See also

• growler

External links

• Template:Commonslite

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French

Etymology

From English iceberg from Danish isbjerg or Norwegian/Swedish isberg (“‘mountain of ice’”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aj.sbɛʁg/, /is.bɛʁg/ X-SAMPA: /Aj.sbERg/, /is.bERg/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁg
• Homophones: icebergs

Noun

Iceberg m. (plural Icebergs)

1. iceberg

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Galician

Noun

Iceberg m. (plural Icebergs)

1. iceberg

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Italian

Noun

iceberg m. inv.

1. iceberg

Derived terms

• punta dell'iceberg - tip of the iceberg

See also

• ghiaccio - ice

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Portuguese

Noun

Iceberg m.

1. iceberg

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Spanish

Noun

Iceberg m. (plural Icebergs)

Singular Iceberg m.

Plural Icebergs m.

1. iceberg

Derived terms

• punta del iceberg

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