An icicle broke off and fell on her, stabbing her in the chest.
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Icicle
//ˈʌɪsəkəl//
Synonyms for "icicle" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
Translations
121 translations across 78 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ijspegel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Albanian
2 entries- ehull noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- hell noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Arabic
1 entries- دَلَاة جَلِيدِيَّة noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Armenian
2 entries- սառցալեզվակ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- սառցալուլա noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Assamese
1 entries- আইচিকল noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- buz lüləsi noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- lülə noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Bashkir
1 entries- боҙбармаҡ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Basque
2 entries- izotz-burruntzi noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- izotz-kandela noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Belarusian
4 entries- лядзя́к noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- лядзя́ш noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- сапе́ль noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- сусо́лка noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Bengali
1 entries- বরফখণ্ড noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Breton
1 entries- dant-Genver noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вису́лка noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Buryat
3 entries- дуһаа noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- мүльһэн дуһаа noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- һоёо мүльһэн noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Catalan
1 entries- caramell noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 冰凌 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- 冰柱 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- 冰溜 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- 冰錐 /冰锥 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- бузчыкъ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Czech
2 entries- rampouch noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- střechýl noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Danish
1 entries- istap noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އައިސިކަލް noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Dutch
3 entries- ijskegel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- ijspegel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- pegel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Erzya
1 entries- эйзюро noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Esperanto
2 entries- glacipendaĵo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- pendglacio noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Estonian
1 entries- jääpurikas noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Faroese
1 entries- glerpípa noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Finnish
1 entries- jääpuikko noun (a spear-shape of ice)
French
2 entries- chandelle de glace noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- glaçon noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Galician
3 entries- candea noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- carambelo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- carambo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Georgian
1 entries- ლოლუა noun (a spear-shape of ice)
German
1 entries- Eiszapfen noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Greek
1 entries- παγοκρύσταλλος noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Hindi
1 entries- हिमलंब noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Hungarian
1 entries- jégcsap noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Icelandic
1 entries- grýlukerti noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Irish
4 entries- bior seaca noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- bior siocáin noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- birín seaca noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- briogadán noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Italian
1 entries- ghiacciolo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Japanese
1 entries- 氷柱 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Jeju
1 entries- 동곳 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Kannada
2 entries- ಹಿಮದ ಬಿಳಲು noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- ಹಿಮಸರಳು noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Kazakh
2 entries- сүмелек noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- сүңгі noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Korean
1 entries- 고드름 noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Latin
1 entries- stīria noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Latvian
1 entries- lāsteka noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Lithuanian
1 entries- varveklis noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Low German
3 entries- Iesjökel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- Iestappen noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- Jökel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- špingel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Macedonian
2 entries- мра́зулец noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- мра́нѕул noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Manx
1 entries- bwoid rioee noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Mongolian
1 entries- соёо мөс noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Navajo
1 entries- tin nááʼáhígíí noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Nepali
1 entries- हिमकला noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Norn
1 entries- jokel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- istapp noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- istapp noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Occitan
1 entries- estalactita noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Old English
1 entries- ġiċel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Ossetian
1 entries- ихсыд noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Persian
1 entries- دنگاله noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Polish
1 entries- sopel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Portuguese
1 entries- sincelo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Romanian
1 entries- țurțur noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Russian
2 entries- сосу́лька noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- сосу́ля noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- caisean-reòta noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ledènica noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- pòledica noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- ледѐница noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- по̀ледица noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Slovak
1 entries- cencúľ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Slovene
1 entries- ledena sveča noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Spanish
4 entries- candela noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- candelizo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- carámbano noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- chuzo noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Swedish
1 entries- istapp noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalamoko noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཁྱགས་དཔྱངས noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Turkish
2 entries- buz sarkıtı noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- buz saçağı noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Ukrainian
1 entries- буру́лька noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Unami
1 entries- nushhùkòn noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cột băng noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- trụ băng noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Volapük
1 entries- gladül noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Walloon
1 entries- tchandele noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Welsh
3 entries- cloch iâ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- pib iâ noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- pibonwyen noun (a spear-shape of ice)
West-Frisian
2 entries- iisjûkel noun (a spear-shape of ice)
- iispylk noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- carámbano noun (a spear-shape of ice)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A man was killed by a falling icicle.
Source: tatoeba (4855654)
Just as Tom looked up, an icicle fell from overhang of roof.
Source: tatoeba (6696156)
An icicle is a pillar of ice.
Source: tatoeba (10016435)
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