Is it desirable in giving the falls of hail to draw a distinction between "graupel" and true hail?
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Graupel
//ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l//
Synonyms for "graupel" (9 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- برد دقيق noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Belarusian
1 entries- крупа́ noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сугра́шица noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 霰 noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӗрпе noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Czech
1 entries- kroupa noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Dutch
4 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- korrelhagel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- winterhagel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- zachte hagel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Estonian
1 entries- lumekruubid noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Finnish
1 entries- lumirae noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
French
1 entries- neige roulée noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Galician
2 entries- gránulos de neve noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- neve granulada noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
German
1 entries- Graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Gujarati
1 entries- કાચા કરા noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Hebrew
1 entries- גְּרָאוּפֶּל noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Hindi
1 entries- कच्चा ओला noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Hungarian
2 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- hódara noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Indonesian
1 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Italian
1 entries- neve tonda noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Japanese
1 entries- 霰 noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Korean
2 entries- 싸라기눈 noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- 우박 noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sniego kruopos noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Lombard
1 entries- nev tonda noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Macedonian
1 entries- лапавица noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Malay
1 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sprøhagl noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Persian
1 entries- برفدانه noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Polish
1 entries- krupa noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Portuguese
1 entries- graupel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Russian
1 entries- крупа́ noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krúpa noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- кру́па noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Slovak
1 entries- krúpa noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Slovene
1 entries- sodra noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Swedish
2 entries- snöhagel noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
- trindsnö noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Tatar
1 entries- рашкы noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Thai
1 entries- ลูกปรายหิมะ noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Ukrainian
1 entries- крупа́ noun (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake; small ball of rime resulting from this process)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
November.— […] Smart shower of graupel (i.e. frozen snow in pellets), with snow at 9 p.m. on 10th.
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In a paper in this month's Petermann's Mittheilungen Prof. H. Fritz treats of the Geographical Distribution of Hail. […] [B]alls of true hail hav[e] an icy structure, whereas the balls of graupel are only small pellets of snow. […] With increase in latitude and in height the fall of graupel increases and that of hail decreases, while hailstones of large size are most frequent towards the equator.
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The steam of the horses and their breath came back in turbid clouds, and the snow, or soft hail (now known as graupel), cut white streaks through them into travellers' eyes, and danced on the roof like lozenges.
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