What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
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Stalactite
//ˈstælæktaɪt//
Synonyms for "stalactite" (8 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 36 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- շթաքար noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Belarusian
2 entries- сталакты́т noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- сталякты́т noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сталакти́т noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Catalan
2 entries- caramell noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- estalactita noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鐘乳石 /钟乳石 noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Czech
1 entries- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Dutch
2 entries- druipsteen noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- druipsteenpegel noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Esperanto
1 entries- stalaktito noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Faroese
1 entries- dropasteinur noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Finnish
2 entries- stalaktiitti noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- tippukivipuikko noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
French
1 entries- stalactite noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Georgian
1 entries- სტალაქტიტი noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
German
1 entries- Stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Greek
1 entries- σταλακτίτης noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָטִיף noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Hungarian
1 entries- sztalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Icelandic
1 entries- dropasteinn noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Indonesian
1 entries- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Irish
1 entries- aolchuisne noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Italian
1 entries- stalattite noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Japanese
1 entries- 鍾乳石 noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Korean
1 entries- 종유석 noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Latvian
1 entries- stalaktīts noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Māori
1 entries- keoiri noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Polish
2 entries- sopleniec noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- stalaktyt noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Portuguese
1 entries- estalactite noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Russian
1 entries- сталакти́т noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Slovak
1 entries- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Slovene
1 entries- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Spanish
1 entries- estalactita noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Swedish
1 entries- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Tagalog
2 entries- estalaktita noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- tulumbato noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Thai
1 entries- หินย้อย noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Turkish
3 entries- damla taş noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- sarkıt noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
- stalaktit noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сталакти́т noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thạch nhũ noun (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave)
Sample sentences
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In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.
Source: tatoeba (12325175)
In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.
Source: wiktionary
There is the Hang Ken cave with its waterfalls spilling into large lagoons, shimmering goldlike mineral deposits and soaring columns created over thousands of years when stalactites hanging from the cave roof met stalagmite formations building from the cave floor.
Source: wiktionary
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