hailstone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈheɪlstoʊn/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
Meanings
- A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hailstones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (60)
pl kulka gradu (single ball of hail) · cmn 雹子 (single ball of hail) · gl saraiba (single ball of hail) · nup tákùn Sòkó (single ball of hail) · kne dalalo (single ball of hail) · es granizo (single ball of hail) · sh кру́па (single ball of hail) · gl sarabia (single ball of hail) · pl gradzina (single ball of hail) · de Hagelkorn (single ball of hail) · gd clach-mheallain (single ball of hail) · hu jégszem (single ball of hail) · gl gresillo (single ball of hail) · gl saragana (single ball of hail) · mi whatu (single ball of hail) · kw keseren (single ball of hail) · fi rae (single ball of hail) · gl escarabán (single ball of hail) · pt granizo (single ball of hail) · ru гра́дина (single ball of hail) · nl hagelsteen (single ball of hail) · nup tákùn yán ele (single ball of hail) · twf į̀ękǫ́na (single ball of hail) · ro grindină (single ball of hail) · tr dolu tanesi (single ball of hail) · gl garaullo (single ball of hail) · es cascarrina (single ball of hail) · ta கல்மாரி (single ball of hail) · es pedrisquero (single ball of hail) · ta ஆலங்கட்டி (single ball of hail) · ja 雹 (single ball of hail) · be гра́дзіна (single ball of hail) · th ลูกเห็บ (single ball of hail) · cy cenllysgen (single ball of hail) · dz སེརཝ (single ball of hail) · scn cugghiànnulu (single ball of hail) · as শিল বৰষুণ (single ball of hail) · grc σφενδόνη (single ball of hail) · yo òkúta yìnyín (single ball of hail) · sv hagelkorn (single ball of hail) · eo hajlero (single ball of hail) · nrf brîn d'grile (single ball of hail) · cs kroupa (single ball of hail) · ko 우박 (single ball of hail) · sk krúpa (single ball of hail) · is hagl (single ball of hail) · hi ओला (single ball of hail) · cmn 冰雹 (single ball of hail) · uk гради́на (single ball of hail) · sh krúpa (single ball of hail) · scn grànnula (single ball of hail) · gl pedrazo (single ball of hail) · pl gradowina (single ball of hail) · te కరక (single ball of hail) · fr grêlon (single ball of hail) · es pedrisco (single ball of hail) · lt krušos gabalėlis (single ball of hail) · io greluno (single ball of hail) · cy ceseiren (single ball of hail) · vo grälaston (single ball of hail)