iglo

See also: iglò and igło

Danish

Etymology

From Greenlandic igdlo, now-obsolete spelling of illu, from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiɡ̊lo]

Noun

iglo c (singular definite igloen, plural indefinite igloer)

1. igloo

   Synonym: snehytte

Declension

Declension of iglo

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	iglo	igloen	igloer	igloerne
genitive	iglos	igloens	igloers	igloernes

Derived terms

• iglotelt

References

• “iglo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

iglo

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”) or Greenlandic igdlo (possibly via English igloo or another intermediary), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɣloː/

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Noun

iglo m (plural iglo's, diminutive iglootje n)

1. an igloo, Inuit snow/ice-built cabin

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

iglo (Cyrillic spelling игло)

1. vocative singular of igla

Swedish

Alternative forms

• igloo

Noun

iglo c

1. an igloo (snow shelter)

Declension

Declension of iglo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	iglo	iglos
	definite	iglon	iglons
plural	indefinite	iglor	iglors
	definite	iglorna	iglornas

References

• “iglo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “iglo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)