floe

English

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Etymology

Probably from Norwegian flo ‎(“layer, slab”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fləʊ/
• Homophone: flow
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

floe ‎(plural floes)

1. A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Translations

a low, flat mass of floating ice

• Belarusian: крыга f ‎(krýha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮冰 (zh) ‎(fúbīng), 凘 (zh) ‎(sī) (classical Chinese)

• Catalan: banquisa f
• Czech: kra (cs) f
• Dutch: ijsschots
• Finnish: jäälautta (fi)
• French: banquise (fr) f
• German: Eisscholle (de) f, Scholle (de) f, Packeis (de) f
• Icelandic: ísjaki (is) m
• Italian: banchisa (it) f
• Japanese: 浮氷 ‎(ふひょう, fuhyō), 氷塊 (ja) ‎(ひょうかい, hyōkai)

• Polish: kra (pl) f
• Portuguese: banquisa (pt) f
• Russian: льди́на (ru) f ‎(lʹdína)
• Scottish Gaelic: leac-eighre f
• Slovak: kryha f
• Spanish: hielo marino m, banquisa (es) f, témpano (es) m
• Swedish: isflak
• Ukrainian: крижина (uk) f ‎(kryžýna)
• Vietnamese: tảng băng
• Yiddish: קריע f ‎(krie)

References

• American Heritage Dictionary