igloo

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɡ.luː/

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igloo (plural igloos)

1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
2. (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
3. (military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
   • 2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction:

     General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes.

4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.
   • 1978, Made in Mexico:

     Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]

• traditional Native American dwellings:
  • hogan (used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States)
  • igloo (used by the Inuit, made of snow)
  • teepee (used in the Great Plains)
  • tupik (used by the Inuit during the summer)
  • wetu (used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States)
  • wickiup (used in the southwestern and western United States)
  • wigwam (used in the northeastern United States)
• quinzhee
• snow fort

• logoi, oglio, oligo, oligo-

• iglou (post-1990 spelling)

From English, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡlu/

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igloo m (plural igloos)

1. igloo

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

• iglu

Unadapted borrowing from English igloo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡlu/, /ˈi.ɡlɔ/

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• Rhymes: -iɡlu, -iɡlɔ
• Syllabification: i‧gloo

igloo n (indeclinable)

1. igloo (dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)

• “igloo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “igloo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• igloo in PWN's encyclopedia

• iglo

igloo c

1. an igloo (snow shelter)

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