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English
Etymology
Early 19th century. Probably from Norwegian Nynorsk flo (“layer, slab”), from Old Norse fló (“layer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
floe (plural floes)
- A low, flat mass of floating ice.
- Synonym: ice floe
Derived terms
Translations
a low, flat mass of floating ice
- Belarusian: кры́га f (krýha), ільдзі́на f (ilʹdzína), льдзі́на f (lʹdzína) (after vowels)
- Catalan: banquisa f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 浮冰 (zh) (fúbīng), 凘 (zh) (sī) (classical Chinese)
- Czech: kra (cs) f
- Danish: isflage (da)
- Dutch: ijsschots (nl)
- Finnish: jäälautta (fi)
- French: banquise (fr) f
- Georgian: მცურავი ყინული (mcuravi q̇inuli), მოცურავე ყინული (mocurave q̇inuli), მოდრეიფე ყინული (modreipe q̇inuli), ყინულის ველი (q̇inulis veli), ყინულოვანი ველი (q̇inulovani veli), ხერგილი ყინული (xergili q̇inuli), ჩახერგილი ყინული (čaxergili q̇inuli), ნახერგი ყინული (naxergi q̇inuli), ჩახორგილი ყინული (čaxorgili q̇inuli)
- German: Eisscholle (de) f, Scholle (de) f, Packeis (de) f
- Hungarian: úszó/zajló jégtábla
- Icelandic: ísjaki (is) m
- Ingrian: teli, lontti
- Italian: banchisa (it) f, lastrone (it) m, banco (it) m
- Japanese: 浮氷 (ja) (ふひょう, fuhyō), 氷塊 (ja) (ひょうかい, hyōkai)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: flak n, isflak n
- Nynorsk: flak n, isflak n
- Polish: kra (pl) f
- Portuguese: banquisa (pt) f
- Romanian: banchiză (ro) f, sloi (ro) n
- Russian: льди́на (ru) f (lʹdína)
- Scottish Gaelic: leac-eighre f
- Slovak: kryha f
- Slovene: ledena plošča f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: škruta f
- Spanish: hielo marino m, banquisa (es) f, témpano (es) m
- Swedish: isflak (sv)
- Ukrainian: крижи́на (uk) f (kryžýna), кри́га (uk) f (krýha), льоди́на f (lʹodýna)
- Vietnamese: tảng băng
- Yiddish: קריע f (krie)
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References
- American Heritage Dictionary
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