stalactite

English

Group of stalactites in Brazil.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /stəˈlæktaɪt/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstæləktaɪt/

Noun

stalactite (plural stalactites)

(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

Translations

mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave

Armenian: շթաքար (hy) (štʿakʿar)
Catalan: estalactita f, caramell m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐘乳石 (zh), 钟乳石 (zh) (zhōngrǔshí)
Dutch: druipsteenpegel m, druipsteen (nl) m
Esperanto: stalaktito
Faroese: dropasteinur m
Finnish: tippukivipuikko
French: stalactite (fr) m
German: Stalaktit (de) m
Greek: σταλακτίτης (el) m (stalaktítis)
Hebrew: נטיף‎‎ (he) m (netif)

Irish: aolchuisne m
Japanese: 鍾乳石 (しょうにゅうせき, shōnyūseki)
Latvian: stalaktīts m
Portuguese: estalactite f
Russian: сталакти́т (ru) m (stalaktít)
Slovene: stalaktit m
Spanish: estalactita (es) f
Swedish: stalaktit (sv) c
Tagalog: estalaktita
Thai: หินย้อย (hǐn-yɔ́ɔi)
Turkish: sarkıt (tr), damla taş (tr), stalaktit (tr)
Vietnamese: thạch nhũ (vi)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sta.lak.tit/

Noun

stalactite f (plural stalactites)

(geology) stalactite
Antonym: stalagmite

References

“stalactite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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