hailstone
/ˈheɪlstoʊn/
hailstone noun: a single ball of hail, or solid precipitation.
Noun
hailstone (plural hailstones)
- A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Proper noun capitalized: Hailstone
Hailstone (plural Hailstones)
- A surname.
hailstone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hailstone in Hindi
- single ball of hail
- ओला olā
hailstone in Tamil
- single ball of hail
- கல்மாரி kalmāri, ஆலங்கட்டி ālaṅkaṭṭi
hailstone in Marathi
- hailstone
- गार gār
hailstone in Urdu
- hailstone
- اولا olā
More languagesFewer languages
- hailstone in Bengali
- শিল śil
- hailstone in Telugu
- కరక karaka
- hailstone in Malayalam
- ആലിപ്പഴം ālippaḻaṁ
- hailstone in Kannada
- ಆಲಿ, ಮುಗಿಲಕಲ್ಲು, ಮುಗಿಲ್ಗಲ್, ಮುಗಿಲ್ಗಲ್ಲು
- hailstone in Sanskrit
- अशनि aśáni
- hailstone in Assamese
- শিল বৰষুণ xil boroxun
- hailstone in Thai
- ลูกเห็บ lûuk-hèp
- Dzongkha
- སེརཝ ser.w
Forms of hailstone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hailstones |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hailstones |
Origin of hailstone
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
Words formed from hailstone
Phrases with hailstone
Questions about hailstone
- What does hailstone mean?
- Hailstone means a single ball of hail, or solid precipitation.
- What is hailstone in Hindi?
- Hailstone in Hindi is ओला (olā). See Hailstone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hailstone?
- Hailstone can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hailstone?
- Hailstone is pronounced /ˈheɪlstoʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of hailstone?
- The plural of hailstone is hailstones.
Words near hailstone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hailstone (page history and authors); Hailstone (page history and authors); गार (Marathi) (page history and authors); اولا (Urdu) (page history and authors); শিল (Bengali) (page history and authors); ആലിപ്പഴം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hailstone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अशनि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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