stalagmite

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin stalagmites, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stəˈlæɡmaɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstæləɡmaɪt/

Noun

stalagmite (plural stalagmites)

1. (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lie on the ground of a cave.

Derived terms

• stalagmitic
• stalagmitical
• stalagmitically

Translations

mineral deposit

• Armenian: պտկաքար (hy) (ptkakʻar)
• Belarusian: сталагмі́т m (stalahmít), сталягмі́т m (staljahmít)
• Catalan: estalagmita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石筍／石笋 (zh) (shísǔn), 石笋 (zh) (shísǔn)

• Czech: stalagmit m
• Dutch: druipsteenkegel m, druipsteen (nl) m
• Esperanto: stalagmito
• Finnish: tippukivipylväs
• French: stalagmite (fr) m
• Georgian: სტალაგმიტი (sṭalagmiṭi)
• German: Stalagmit (de) m
• Greek: σταλαγμίτης (el) m (stalagmítis)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: aolchoinneal f
• Japanese: 石筍 (せきじゅん, sekijun)
• Korean: 석순 (seoksun)
• Persian: استالاگمیت (fa) (estâlâgmit), کلفخشنگ (kalafaxšang)
• Portuguese: estalagmite f
• Russian: сталагми́т (ru) m (stalagmít)
• Slovene: stalagmit m
• Spanish: estalagmita (es) f
• Swedish: stalagmit (sv) c
• Tagalog: estalagmita
• Thai: หินงอก (hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk)
• Ukrainian: сталагмі́т m (stalahmít)
• Vietnamese: măng đá

See also

• stalactite
• speleothem
• calthemite

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stalagmites, from Ancient Greek σταλαγμός (stalagmós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.laɡ.mit/

Noun

stalagmite f (plural stalagmites)

1. (geology) stalagmite

   Antonym: stalactite

References

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

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Italian

Noun

stalagmite f (plural stalagmiti)

1. (geology) stalagmite