floe

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• UK: /fləʊ/
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• General-American: /floʊ/
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• homophone: flow
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• homophone: Flo
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: F L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: кры́га (krýha) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Belarusian: ільдзі́на (ilʹdzína) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Belarusian: льдзі́на (lʹdzína) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Catalan: banquisa — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 浮冰 (fúbīng) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Chinese Mandarin: 凘 (sī) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Czech: kra — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Danish: isflage — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Dutch: ijsschots — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Finnish: jäälautta — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• French: banquise — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: მცურავი ყინული (mcuravi q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: მოცურავე ყინული (mocurave q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: მოდრეიფე ყინული (modreipe q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ყინულის ველი (q̇inulis veli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ყინულოვანი ველი (q̇inulovani veli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ხერგილი ყინული (xergili q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ჩახერგილი ყინული (čaxergili q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ნახერგი ყინული (naxergi q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Georgian: ჩახორგილი ყინული (čaxorgili q̇inuli) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• German: Eisscholle — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• German: Scholle — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• German: Packeis — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Hungarian: úszó/zajló jégtábla — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Icelandic: ísjaki — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Ingrian: teli — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Ingrian: lontti — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Italian: banchisa — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Italian: lastrone — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Italian: banco — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Japanese: 浮氷 (fuhyō) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Japanese: 氷塊 (hyōkai) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Korean: 부빙 (bubing) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Norwegian Bokmål: flak — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Norwegian Bokmål: isflak — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flak — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: isflak — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Polish: kra — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Portuguese: banquisa — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Romanian: banchiză — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Romanian: sloi — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Russian: льди́на (lʹdína) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Scottish Gaelic: leac-eighre — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Slovak: kryha — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Slovene: ledena plošča — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Lower Sorbian: škruta — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Spanish: hielo marino — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Spanish: banquisa — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Spanish: témpano — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Swedish: isflak — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Ukrainian: крижи́на (kryžýna) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Ukrainian: кри́га (krýha) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Ukrainian: льоди́на (lʹodýna) — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Vietnamese: băng trôi — a low, flat mass of floating ice
• Yiddish: קריע (krie) — a low, flat mass of floating ice