noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US:/stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/
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UK:/ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cylinder
History
Etymology
From New Latin stalagmitēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
պտկաքար
(ptkakʻar)
— mineral deposit
Belarusian:
сталагмі́т
(stalahmít)
— mineral deposit
Belarusian:
сталягмі́т
(staljahmít)
— mineral deposit
Catalan:
estalagmita
— mineral deposit
Chinese Mandarin:
石筍 /石笋
(shísǔn)
— mineral deposit
Czech:
stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Dutch:
druipsteenkegel
— mineral deposit
Dutch:
druipsteen
— mineral deposit
Esperanto:
stalagmito
— mineral deposit
Finnish:
tippukivipylväs
— mineral deposit
Finnish:
stalagmiitti
— mineral deposit
French:
stalagmite
— mineral deposit
Georgian:
სტალაგმიტი
(sṭalagmiṭi)
— mineral deposit
German:
Stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Greek:
σταλαγμίτης
(stalagmítis)
— mineral deposit
Hebrew:
זקיף
(zakíf)
— mineral deposit
Hungarian:
sztalagmit
— mineral deposit
Icelandic:
dropasteinskerti
— mineral deposit
Irish:
aolchoinneal
— mineral deposit
Japanese:
石筍
(sekijun)
— mineral deposit
Kazakh:
тасқада
(tasqada)
— mineral deposit
Korean:
석순
(seoksun)
— mineral deposit
Māori:
keotū
— mineral deposit
Persian:
استالاگمیت
(estâlâgmit)
— mineral deposit
Persian:
کلفخشنگ
(kalafaxšang)
— mineral deposit
Polish:
stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Portuguese:
estalagmite
— mineral deposit
Russian:
сталагми́т
(stalagmít)
— mineral deposit
Slovak:
stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Slovene:
stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Spanish:
estalagmita
— mineral deposit
Swedish:
stalagmit
— mineral deposit
Tagalog:
estalagmita
— mineral deposit
Thai:
หินงอก
(hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk)
— mineral deposit
Turkish:
dikit
— mineral deposit
Ukrainian:
сталагмі́т
(stalahmít)
— mineral deposit
