iceberg
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[edit] English
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From Danish isbjerg or Norwegian/Swedish 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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iceberg (plural 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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huge mass of floating ice
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Iceberg on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
[edit] French
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From English iceberg from Danish isbjerg or Norwegian/Swedish isberg (“‘mountain of ice’”)
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iceberg m. (plural icebergs)
- iceberg
[edit] Galician
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iceberg m. (plural icebergs)
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iceberg m. inv.
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- punta dell'iceberg - tip of the iceberg
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- ghiaccio - ice
[edit] Spanish
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iceberg m. (plural icebergs)
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