"igloo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪɡluː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-igloo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: igloos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡluː Etymology: From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|iu|ᐃᒡᓗ|gloss=house, building (of any kind)}} Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), {{der|en|esx-inu-pro|*ǝɣlu}} Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, {{der|en|esx-esk-pro|*ǝŋlu}} Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu Head templates: {{en-noun}} igloo (plural igloos)
  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. Categories (topical): Buildings Related terms (traditional Native American dwellings): hogan (alt: used by the Navajo in the southwestern United States), teepee (english: used in the Great Plains), tupik (english: used by the Inuit during the summer), wetu (alt: used by the Wampanoag in the northeastern United States), wickiup (english: used in the southwestern and western United States), wigwam (english: used in the northeastern United States) Translations (Inuit snow house): مَبْنًى قَبَّانِي (mabnan qabbānī) (Arabic), مَبْنًى اَلقَبَّانِي (mabnan al-qabbānī) (Arabic), ইগ্লো (iglü) (Assamese), iglú [masculine] (Asturian), иглу (iglu) [neuter] (Bulgarian), iglú [masculine] (Catalan), 冰屋 (bing¹ uk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 雪屋 (syut³ uk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 冰屋 (bīngwū) (Chinese Mandarin), ᐄᔅᒌᒣᐅᑲᒥᒄ (iisciimeokamikw) (Cree), iglú [neuter] (Czech), iglo [common-gender] (Danish), iglo [masculine] (Dutch), iglo (Esperanto), iglo [feminine] (Faroese), iglu (Finnish), igloo [masculine] (French), iglou [masculine] (French), iglú [masculine] (Galician), Iglu [masculine, neuter] (German), Schneehaus [neuter] (German), Schneehütte [feminine] (German), ιγκλού (igkloú) [neuter] (Greek), illu (Greenlandic), איגלו (íglu) [masculine] (Hebrew), इग्लू (iglū) [masculine] (Hindi), इगलू (iglū) [masculine] (Hindi), iglu (Hungarian), snjóhús [neuter] (Icelandic), igluo (Ido), iglu (Inuktitut), íoglú [masculine] (Irish), iglù [masculine] (Italian), イグルー (igurū) (Japanese), 이글루 (igeullu) (Korean), iglu (Malay), mikwamiiwigamig (Ojibwe), ايغلو (Pashto), igloo [neuter] (Polish), iglu [neuter] (Polish), iglu [masculine] (Portuguese), и́глу (íglu) [neuter] (Russian), taigh-sneachda [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), iglú [masculine] (Spanish), snöhydda [common-gender] (Swedish), igloo [common-gender] (Swedish), ꠁꠉꠟꠥ (igolu) (Sylheti), iglu (Tagalog), இக்லூ (iklū) (Tamil), อิกลู (ìk-luu) (Thai), ཁྱགས་རོམ་ཁང་པ (khyags rom khang pa) (Tibetan), iglo (Turkish), iglu (Turkish), lều tuyết (Vietnamese), nhà tuyết (Vietnamese), el iglu (Volapük), liglud (Volapük), nifadom läskiomik (Volapük), nifadom (Volapük), tŷ rhew [masculine] (Welsh), tŷ iâ [masculine] (Welsh), iglw [masculine] (Welsh), aniguyaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-igloo-en-noun-rBA1fonS Disambiguation of Buildings: 55 20 22 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 28 31 3 Disambiguation of 'traditional Native American dwellings': 58 16 23 3 Disambiguation of 'Inuit snow house': 84 8 6 2
  2. (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-igloo-en-noun-hSPMF8UJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 28 31 3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-igloo-en-noun-U4np06DX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 35 42 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 28 31 3 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container. Categories (topical): Logistics
    Sense id: en-igloo-en-noun-GZtWf1X8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quinzhee, snow fort

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      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "word": "el iglu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "word": "liglud"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "word": "nifadom läskiomik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "word": "nifadom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tŷ rhew"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tŷ iâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iglw"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "Inuit snow house",
      "word": "aniguyaq"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:igloo"
  ],
  "word": "igloo"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": iischiimeukamikw vs. iisciimeokamikw",
  "path": [
    "igloo"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "igloo",
  "trace": ""
}

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