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igloo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪɡ.luː/

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Meanings

1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
   • General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes. 2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction:
4. (qualifier:logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.
   • Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […] 1978, Made in Mexico:

Forms

Deriveds

dogloo · twigloo · igloolike · pigloo · iglooless

Relateds

quinzhee · hogan (traditional Native American dwellings) · snow fort · wetu (traditional Native American dwellings) · teepee (traditional Native American dwellings) · tupik (traditional Native American dwellings) · wigwam (traditional Native American dwellings) · twigloo · wickiup (traditional Native American dwellings)

Translations (69)

gl iglú (Inuit snow house) · sv igloo (Inuit snow house) · tl iglu (Inuit snow house) · eo iglo (Inuit snow house) · is snjóhús (Inuit snow house) · vi nhà tuyết (Inuit snow house) · vo nifadom läskiomik (Inuit snow house) · ast iglú (Inuit snow house) · nl iglo (Inuit snow house) · cy iglw (Inuit snow house) · yue 雪屋 (Inuit snow house) · sv snöhydda (Inuit snow house) · oj mikwamiiwigamig (Inuit snow house) · oc igló (Inuit snow house) · cs iglú (Inuit snow house) · pl iglu (Inuit snow house) · cmn 冰屋 (Inuit snow house) · as ইগ্লো (Inuit snow house) · fi iglu (Inuit snow house) · ar مَبْنًى قَبَّانِي (Inuit snow house) · fo iglo (Inuit snow house) · id iglo (Inuit snow house) · pt iglu (Inuit snow house) · cy tŷ iâ (Inuit snow house) · ca iglú (Inuit snow house) · id igloo (Inuit snow house) · tr iglu (Inuit snow house) · ta இக்லூ (Inuit snow house) · pl igloo (Inuit snow house) · it iglù (Inuit snow house) · cy tŷ rhew (Inuit snow house) · yue 冰屋 (Inuit snow house) · io igluo (Inuit snow house) · ko 이글루 (Inuit snow house) · fr iglou (Inuit snow house) · bo ཁྱགས་རོམ་ཁང་པ (Inuit snow house) · id iglu (Inuit snow house) · cr ᐄᔅᒌᒣᐅᑲᒥᒄ (Inuit snow house) · vo nifadom (Inuit snow house) · de Schneehaus (Inuit snow house) · vi lều tuyết (Inuit snow house) · ps ايغلو (Inuit snow house) · iu iglu (Inuit snow house) · de Schneehütte (Inuit snow house) · ms iglu (Inuit snow house) · ga íoglú (Inuit snow house) · es iglú (Inuit snow house) · vo liglud (Inuit snow house) · ru и́глу (Inuit snow house) · hi इगलू (Inuit snow house) · ja イグルー (Inuit snow house) · he איגלו (Inuit snow house) · de Iglu (Inuit snow house) · gd taigh-sneachda (Inuit snow house) · fr igloo (Inuit snow house) · el ιγκλού (Inuit snow house) · kl illu (Inuit snow house) · bg иглу (Inuit snow house) · da iglo (Inuit snow house) · syl ꠁꠉꠟꠥ (Inuit snow house) · vo el iglu (Inuit snow house) · esu aniguyaq (Inuit snow house) · hi इग्लू (Inuit snow house) · hu iglu (Inuit snow house) · tr iglo (Inuit snow house) · mr इगलू (Inuit snow house) · th อิกลู (Inuit snow house) · ar مَبْنًى اَلقَبَّانِي (Inuit snow house) · kl illuigaq (Inuit snow house)