sleet

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From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: рашҡы (raşqı) — ice pellets
• Bulgarian: сугра́шица (sugrášica) — ice pellets
• Chinese Mandarin: 霰 (xiàn) — ice pellets
• Dutch: ijsregen — ice pellets
• Esperanto: grajlo — ice pellets
• Finnish: jäärae (pellet of ice) — ice pellets
• French: grésil — ice pellets
• German: Graupel — ice pellets
• German: gefrierende Nässe — ice pellets
• Hungarian: jégdara — ice pellets
• Hungarian: fagyott eső — ice pellets
• Italian: gragnola — ice pellets
• Middle English: frost — ice pellets
• Portuguese: grão de gelo — ice pellets
• Romanian: lapoviță — ice pellets
• Sicilian: grànnula — ice pellets
• Spanish: perdigón de hielo — ice pellets
• Albanian: sqotë — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Aragonese: auguanieu — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Aromanian: jigãrditsã — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Azerbaijani: sulu qar — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Belarusian: сло́та (slóta) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Belarusian: слата́ (slatá) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Belarusian: мо́кры сне́г (mókry snjéh) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Belarusian: до́ждж са сне́гам (dóždž sa snjéham) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Bulgarian: лапавица (lapavica) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Catalan: aiguaneu — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Chinese Mandarin: 雨夾雪 /雨夹雪 (yǔjiāxuě) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Chinese Mandarin: 雨雪 (yǔxuě) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Czech: plískanice — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Danish: slud — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Dutch: sneeuwregen — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Dutch: natte sneeuw — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Finnish: räntä — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Finnish: räntäsade — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Georgian: თოვლჭყაპი (tovlč̣q̇aṗi) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• German: Schneeregen — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Hungarian: havas eső — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Icelandic: slydda — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Icelandic: kraparigning — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Icelandic: bleytukafald — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Ido: greleto — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Ingrian: ränne — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Irish: flichshneachta — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Italian: pioggia mista a neve — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Italian: acquaneve — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Japanese: 霙 (mizore) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Japanese: 氷雨 (hisame) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Korean: 진눈깨비 (jinnunkkaebi) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Luxembourgish: Schnéireen — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Macedonian: лапа́вица (lapávica) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Māori: waiwaha — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Māori: tarahī huka — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Middle English: slete — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Norman: verglias — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Norwegian Bokmål: sludd — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sludd — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Polish: deszcz ze śniegiem — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Portuguese: água-neve — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Romanian: lapoviță — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Russian: мо́крый снег (mókryj sneg) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Russian: дождь со сне́гом (doždʹ so snégom) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Russian: ледяно́й дождь (ledjanój doždʹ) — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: flin — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: flinne — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: fliug — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: glìb — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: flichneadh — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: flichneachd — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Scottish Gaelic: clàmhainn — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Sicilian: nivarra — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Spanish: aguanieve — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Spanish: cellisca — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Swedish: slask — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Swedish: snöblandat regn — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Swedish: snöglopp — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Turkish: sulu sepken — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Turkish: kargın — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Welsh: eirlaw — precipitation of rain–snow mixture
• Bulgarian: поледица (poledica) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Chinese Mandarin: 凍雨 /冻雨 (dòngyǔ) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Dutch: ijzel — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Finnish: jäätävä sade — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Finnish: jäätävä tihku — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• French: verglas — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Georgian: თოვლჭყაპი (tovlč̣q̇aṗi) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• German: Glatteis — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Hungarian: ónos eső — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Icelandic: ískorn — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Icelandic: ísing — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Ido: greleto — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Italian: vetrone — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Korean: 진눈깨비 (jinnunkkaebi) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Latvian: krusa — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Māori: waiwaha — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Navajo: níló yázhí — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Norman: né fondue — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Persian: برفباران — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Polish: marznący deszcz — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Polish: gołoledź — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Portuguese: gelo negro — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Romanian: lapoviță — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Romanian: fleșcăială — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Russian: мо́крый снег (mókryj sneg) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Russian: дождь со сне́гом (doždʹ so snégom) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Russian: ледяно́й дождь (ledjanój doždʹ) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Russian: крупа́ (krupá) — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Scottish Gaelic: flin — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀снежица — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀сњежица — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Serbo-Croatian: sùsnežica — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Serbo-Croatian: sùsnježica — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Sicilian: jilata — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Slovene: sodra — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Welsh: eirlaw — glaze ice formed by freezing rain
• Aragonese: auguanebar — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Cimbrian: brüskalan — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Dutch: gijzelen — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Finnish: sataa räntää — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• French: grésiller — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Icelandic: setja niður slyddu — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Icelandic: vera slydda — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Ido: greletar — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Norwegian: sludde — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Portuguese: granizar — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Romanian: lapovița — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Sicilian: nivarrijari — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Spanish: cellisquear — to be in a state in which sleet is falling
• Welsh: bwrw eirlaw — to be in a state in which sleet is falling