icicle
/ˈaɪs.ɪkl̩/
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Canada/ˈʌɪsəkəl/
icicle noun: a drooping, tapering shape of ice.
Noun
icicle (plural icicles)
- A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
- Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, / The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, / To whom I am a neighbour,and neere bred. / Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, / Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, / And let vs make inciſion for your loue, / To proue whoſe blood is...c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Several days of sub-zero temperatures caused icicles up to 1.5 metres long to form in tunnels across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.2021 February 24, “Network News: NR takes pride in track teams as effects of Storm Darcy repelled...”, in RAIL, number 925, page 13
icicle meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
icicle in Hindi
- a spear-shape of ice
- हिमलंब himlamb
icicle in Urdu
- a spear-shape of ice
- قَلَمِ یَخ qalam-i yax
icicle in Bengali
- a spear-shape of ice
- বরফখণ্ড baraphakhaṇḍa
icicle in Malayalam
- ഹിമസൂചി, ഹിമക്കതിര്, മഞ്ഞുപാളി
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- icicle in Kannada
- ಹಿಮದ ಬಿಳಲು himada biḷalu, ಹಿಮಸರಳು himasaraḷu
- icicle in Assamese
- আইচিকল aisikol
- icicle in Nepali
- हिमकला himaklā
- icicle in Tagalog
- kalamoko
- icicle in Arabic
- دَلَاة جَلِيدِيَّة
- icicle in Thai
- น้ำแข็งย้อย nám-kɛ̌ng-yɔ́ɔi
- icicle in Vietnamese
- cột băng, trụ băng
- Dhivehi
- އައިސިކަލް aisikal
Examples of icicle in a sentence
- When icicles start to form on the eaves you know the roads will be icy.
- Orlav's mustache was frozen stiff with icicles hanging from the tips.
- So, I watched from behind an icicle plant bank getting angrier and angrier by the minute.
Forms of icicle
| plural | icicles |
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Origin of icicle
From Middle English isykle, isikel, from Old English *īsġicel, from Proto-West Germanic *īsajikil, *īsajekul, equivalent to ice + ickle. It was assimilated to nouns in -icle, from Latin -iculus—the expected spelling would have -ickle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel (“icicle”), German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”) and Elfdalian aisikkel.
Words formed from icicle
Phrases with icicle
Questions about icicle
- What does icicle mean?
- Icicle means a drooping, tapering shape of ice.
- What is icicle in Hindi?
- Icicle in Hindi is हिमलंब (himlamb). See Icicle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is icicle?
- Icicle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce icicle?
- Icicle is pronounced /ˈʌɪsəkəl/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of icicle?
- The plural of icicle is icicles.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: icicle (page history and authors); icicle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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