English Explanatory Dictionary

igloo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
  4. A kind of airfreight cargo container.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɡ.luː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-igloo.wav

Word forms

igloo igloos

Etymology

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

Related words

twigloo quinzhee snow fort hogan teepee tupik wetu wickiup wigwam

Derived words

iglooless igloolike pigloo twigloo
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on I Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary