stalagmite

English

Etymology

From New Latin stalagmites, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /stəˈlæɡmaɪt/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstæləɡmaɪt/

Noun

stalagmite (plural stalagmites)

(geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lie on the ground of a cave.

Derived terms

Translations

mineral deposit

Armenian: պտկաքար (hy) (ptkakʿar)
Belarusian: сталагмі́т m (stalahmít), сталягмі́т m (staljahmít)
Catalan: estalagmita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石筍 (zh), 石笋 (zh) (shísǔn)
Czech: stalagmit m
Dutch: druipsteenkegel m, druipsteen (nl) m
Finnish: tippukivipylväs
French: stalagmite (fr) m
Georgian: სტალაგმიტი (sṭalagmiṭi)
German: Stalagmit (de) m
Greek: σταλαγμίτης (el) m (stalagmítis)
Irish: aolchoinneal f

Japanese: 石筍 (せきじゅん, sekijun)
Korean: 석순 (seoksun)
Persian: استالاگمیت‎ (fa) (estâlâgmit), کلفخشنگ‎ (kalafaxšang)
Portuguese: estalagmite f
Russian: сталагми́т (ru) m (stalagmít)
Slovene: stalagmit m
Spanish: estalagmita (es) f
Swedish: stalagmit (sv) c
Tagalog: estalagmita
Thai: หินงอก (hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk)
Ukrainian: сталагмі́т m (stalahmít)
Vietnamese: măng đá

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stalagmites, from Ancient Greek σταλαγμός (stalagmós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sta.laɡ.mit/

Noun

stalagmite f (plural stalagmites)

(geology) stalagmite
Antonym: stalactite

References

“stalagmite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

stalagmite f (plural stalagmiti)

(geology) stalagmite

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