iceberg

English

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An iceberg

Etymology

From Dutch ijsberg, compound of ijs “ice” + berg “mountain”. 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. Compare German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian/Swedish isberg, Welsh eisberg.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡ
• (RP) IPA: /ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/

Noun

iceberg (plural icebergs)

1. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf

   The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

Related terms

ice ice floe

tip of the iceberg iceberger

Translations

huge mass of floating ice

• Arabic: جبل جليد (ar) (jábal jaliid) m, جبل جليدي (ar) (jábal jaliidiy) m
• Armenian: այսբերգ (hy) (aysberg)
• Basque: iceberg, izozmendi
• Belarusian: айсберг (be) (ájsberh) m
• Bulgarian: айсберг (bg) (ájsberg) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰山 (cmn) (bīngshān)

• Czech: kra (cs) f
• Danish: isbjerg (da)
• Dutch: ijsberg (nl) m
• Esperanto: glacimonto (eo)
• Estonian: jäämägi
• Faroese: ísfjall (fo) n
• Finnish: jäävuori (fi)
• French: iceberg (fr) m
• Georgian: აისბერგი (ka) (aisbergi)
• German: Eisberg (de) m
• Greek: παγόβουνο (el) (pagóvouno) n
• Hebrew: קַרְחוֹן יַמִּי (he) (karḥon yami)
• Hindi: हिमशैल (hi) (himaśail)
• Hungarian: jéghegy (hu)
• Icelandic: borgarísjaki (is) m, ísjaki (is) m
• Indonesian: gunung es
• Interlingua: iceberg
• Italian: iceberg (it) m
• Japanese: 氷山 (ja) (ひょうざん, hyōzan)

• Jèrriais: montangne dé gliaiche f
• Korean: 빙산 (ko) (bingsan) (氷山 (ko))
• Latvian: aisbergs (lv)
• Lithuanian: ledkalnis m
• Macedonian: санта мраз (mk) (sánta mraz) f, санта (mk) (sánta) f
• Malay: aisberg (ms)
• Maltese: ajsberg
• Norwegian: isfjell (no), isberg (no)
• Persian: یخکوه (fa) (yakhkuh)
• Polish: góra lodowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: icebergue m
• Romanian: aisberg (ro) n
• Russian: айсберг (ru) (ájsberg) m
• Scottish Gaelic: eigh-bheinn (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: санта (sh) f, sȃnta (sh) f, санта леда (sh) f, santa leda (sh) f
• Slovak: ľadovec (sk) m, kryha (sk) f
• Spanish: banquisa (es) f, iceberg (es) m, iceburgo (es) m, témpano de hielo (es) m, témpano (es) m
• Swedish: isberg (sv) n
• Thai: ภูเขาน้ำแข็ง (th) (poo kăo náam kăeng)
• Turkish: aysberg (tr), buzdağı (tr)
• Ukrainian: айсберг (uk) (ájsberh) m
• Vietnamese: núi băng trôi (vi)
• Volapük: gladabel
• Welsh: eisberg, mynydd iâ

See also

• growler

External links

• Iceberg on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

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French

Etymology

From English iceberg, from Dutch ijsberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aj.sbɛʁɡ/, /is.bɛʁɡ/ X-SAMPA: /Aj.sbERg/, /is.bERg/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁɡ
• Homophone: icebergs

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

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Galician

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

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Italian

Noun

iceberg m (invariable)

1. iceberg

Derived terms

• punta dell'iceberg - tip of the iceberg

See also

• ghiaccio - ice

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Portuguese

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

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Spanish

Etymology

From English iceberg.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: /ˈiθe̞βe̞ɾ(x)/, /iθe̞ˈβe̞ɾ(x)/
• (Latin America) IPA: /ˈajsβe̞ɾg/

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

Synonyms

• témpano de hielo m

Derived terms

• punta del iceberg f