Iceberg
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English
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Etymology
From Danish isbjerg or Norwegian isberg both meaning mountain of ice. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers.
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Noun
iceberg (icebergs)
- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
- The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
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Related terms
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Translations
- Basque: iceberg, izozmendi
- Chinese: å°å±±
- Danish: isbjerg
- Dutch: ijsberg m
- Esperanto: glacimonto
- Estonian: jäämägi
- Finnish: jäävuori
- French: iceberg m
- German: Eisberg m
- Greek: ÏαγÏÎ²Î¿Ï Î½Î¿ n
- Indonesian: gunung es
- Interlingua: iceberg
- Italian: iceberg
- Japanese: æ°·å±± (ã²ãããã, hyÅzan)
- Korean: ë¹ì°
- Lithuanian: ledkalnis m
- Norwegian: isfjell, isberg
- Persian: ÙØ®ÙÙÙ (yakhkuh)
- Polish: góra lodowa f
- Portuguese: icebergue
- Russian: айÑбеÑг m (aysberg)
- Spanish: iceberg
- Swedish: isberg
- Volapük: gladabel
- Welsh: eisberg, mynydd iâ
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