igloo
/ˈɪɡ.luː/
igloo noun: a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
Noun
igloo (plural igloos)
- A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
- A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
- General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes.2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction
- A kind of airfreight cargo container.
- Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]1978, Made in Mexico
igloo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
igloo in Hindi
- Inuit snow house
- इग्लू iglū, इगलू iglū
igloo in Tamil
- Inuit snow house
- இக்லூ iklū
igloo in Marathi
- Inuit snow house
- इगलू iglū
igloo in Bengali
- তুষারকুটির
More languagesFewer languages
- igloo in Kannada
- ಹಿಮದ ಜೋಪಡಿ, ಮಂಜು ಗುಡಿಸಲು
- igloo in Assamese
- ইগ্লো iglü
- igloo in Pashto
- ايغلو
- igloo in Tagalog
- iglu
- igloo in Arabic
- مَبْنًى قَبَّانِي mabnan qabbānī, مَبْنًى اَلقَبَّانِي mabnan al-qabbānī
- igloo in Malay
- iglu
- igloo in Indonesian
- iglo, igloo, iglu
- igloo in Thai
- อิกลู ìk-luu
- igloo in Vietnamese
- lều tuyết, nhà tuyết
Forms of igloo
| plural | igloos |
|---|
Origin of igloo
From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.
Words formed from igloo
Questions about igloo
- What does igloo mean?
- Igloo means a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- What is igloo in Hindi?
- Igloo in Hindi is इग्लू (iglū), इगलू (iglū). See Igloo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is igloo?
- Igloo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce igloo?
- Igloo is pronounced /ˈɪɡ.luː/.
- What is the plural of igloo?
- The plural of igloo is igloos.
Words near igloo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: igloo (page history and authors); igloo (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); igloo (Kannada 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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-igloo.wav.
Cite this entry: “igloo.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/igloo. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.