In a far retreat / there lies a haven; towards the deep doth stand / an island, on whose jutting headlands beat / the broken billows, shivered into sleet.
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Sleet
//sliːt//
Synonyms for "sleet" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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3 entriesderived
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2 entriesetymologically related_to
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
128 translations across 48 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sqotë noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Aragonese
2 entries- auguanieu noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- auguanebar verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Aromanian
1 entries- jigãrditsã noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sulu qar noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Belarusian
4 entries- до́ждж са сне́гам noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- мо́кры сне́г noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- слата́ noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- сло́та noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лапавица noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- поледица noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- сугра́шица noun (ice pellets)
Catalan
1 entries- aiguaneu noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 凍雨 /冻雨 noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- 雨夾雪 /雨夹雪 noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- 雨雪 noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- 霰 noun (ice pellets)
Cimbrian
1 entries- brüskalan verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Czech
1 entries- plískanice noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Danish
1 entries- slud noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Dutch
4 entries- ijsregen noun (ice pellets)
- ijzel noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- natte sneeuw noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- sneeuwregen noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Esperanto
1 entries- grajlo noun (ice pellets)
Finnish
4 entries- jäärae (pellet of ice) noun (ice pellets)
- jäätävä sade noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- jäätävä tihku noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- räntä noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
French
3 entries- grésil noun (ice pellets)
- verglas noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- grésiller verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Georgian
2 entries- თოვლჭყაპი noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- თოვლჭყაპი noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
German
4 entries- Glatteis noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- Graupel noun (ice pellets)
- Schneeregen noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- gefrierende Nässe noun (ice pellets)
Hungarian
4 entries- fagyott eső noun (ice pellets)
- havas eső noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- jégdara noun (ice pellets)
- ónos eső noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Icelandic
4 entries- bleytukafald noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- kraparigning noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- slydda noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- ísing noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Ido
3 entries- greleto noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- greleto noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- greletar verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Ingrian
1 entries- ränne noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Irish
1 entries- flichshneachta noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Italian
4 entries- acquaneve noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- gragnola noun (ice pellets)
- pioggia mista a neve noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- vetrone noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Japanese
2 entries- 氷雨 noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- 霙 noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Korean
2 entries- 진눈깨비 noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- 진눈깨비 noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Latvian
1 entries- krusa noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Schnéireen noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Macedonian
1 entries- лапа́вица noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Middle English
2 entries- frost noun (ice pellets)
- slete noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Māori
3 entries- tarahī huka noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- waiwaha noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- waiwaha noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Navajo
1 entries- níló yázhí noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Norman
2 entries- né fondue noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- verglias noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Norwegian
1 entries- sludde verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sludd noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sludd noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Persian
1 entries- برفباران noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Polish
3 entries- deszcz ze śniegiem noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- gołoledź noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- marznący deszcz noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Portuguese
4 entries- gelo negro noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- grão de gelo noun (ice pellets)
- água-neve noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- granizar verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Romanian
4 entries- fleșcăială noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- lapoviță noun (ice pellets)
- lapoviță noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- lapoviță noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Russian
4 entries- дождь со сне́гом noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- дождь со сне́гом noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- крупа́ noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- ледяно́й дождь noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- clàmhainn noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- flichneachd noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- flichneadh noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- flin noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sùsnežica noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- sùsnježica noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- су̀снежица noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- су̀сњежица noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Sicilian
4 entries- grànnula noun (ice pellets)
- jilata noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- nivarra noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- nivarrijari verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Slovene
1 entries- sodra noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
Spanish
4 entries- aguanieve noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- cellisca noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- perdigón de hielo noun (ice pellets)
- cellisquear verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Swedish
3 entries- slask noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- snöblandat regn noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- snöglopp noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Turkish
2 entries- kargın noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- sulu sepken noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
Welsh
3 entries- eirlaw noun (precipitation of rain–snow mixture)
- eirlaw noun (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
- bwrw eirlaw verb (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Sleet is falling.
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It's not much fun to walk through sleet without even a warm jacket.
Source: tatoeba (9040908)
Sleet was falling from the sky.
Source: tatoeba (9867942)
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