iglú

See also: iglu, Iglu, and iglù

Asturian

Noun

iglú m (plural iglúes)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iˈɣlu]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

iglú m (plural iglús)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪɡluː]

Noun

iglú n (indeclinable)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

Further reading

• “iglú”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “iglú”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “iglú”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Spanish

iglú

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu

Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu

Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor.

English igloobor.

Spanish iglú

Borrowed from English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡlu/ [iˈɣ̞lu]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: i‧glú

Noun

iglú m (plural iglúes or iglús)

1. igloo (inuit snow house)

Further reading

• “iglú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025