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sleet

/sˈlit/SLEET
/sˈlit/SLEET

Meaninga dab, a slap of wet

Common meaning: icy rain

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)sletta‘to slap, splash’source
  2. Middle Englishsleet‘sleet’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto slap, splash → icy rainsleet‘icy rain’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) sletta ‘a dab, a slap of wet’.

Roots

  • sletta Old Norse (Icelandic) “a dab, a slap of wet”

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