stalactite

English

Group of stalactites in Brazil.

Etymology

From New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós, “dripping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stəˈlæktaɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstæləktaɪt/

Noun

stalactite (plural stalactites)

1. (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.

Related terms

• stalagmite
• speleothem
• calthemite

Translations

mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave

• Armenian: շթաքար (hy) (štʻakʻar)
• Belarusian: сталакты́т m (stalaktýt)
• Catalan: estalactita f, caramell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐘乳石／钟乳石 (zh) (zhōngrǔshí), 钟乳石 (zh) (zhōngrǔshí)

• Czech: stalaktit m
• Dutch: druipsteenpegel m, druipsteen (nl) m
• Esperanto: stalaktito
• Faroese: dropasteinur m
• Finnish: tippukivipuikko
• French: stalactite (fr) m
• Georgian: სტალაქტიტი (sṭalakṭiṭi)
• German: Stalaktit (de) m
• Greek: σταλακτίτης (el) m (stalaktítis)
• Hebrew: נטיף (he) m (netif)
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• Irish: aolchuisne m
• Japanese: 鍾乳石 (しょうにゅうせき, shōnyūseki)
• Korean: 종유석 (ko) (jong'yuseok)
• Latvian: stalaktīts m
• Polish: sopleniec m, stalaktyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: estalactite f
• Russian: сталакти́т (ru) m (stalaktít)
• Slovene: stalaktit m
• Spanish: estalactita (es) f
• Swedish: stalaktit (sv) c
• Tagalog: estalaktita, tulumbato
• Thai: หินย้อย (hǐn-yɔ́ɔi)
• Turkish: sarkıt (tr), damla taş (tr), stalaktit (tr)
• Ukrainian: сталакти́т m (stalaktýt)
• Vietnamese: thạch nhũ (vi)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stalactites, from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.lak.tit/

• Audio:

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Noun

stalactite f (plural stalactites)

1. (geology) stalactite

   Antonym: stalagmite

References

• “stalactite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.