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iglo.

igloo; a dome-shaped Inuit winter dwelling built from blocks of compacted snow

4 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹ˈɪɡ.lu/[ˈɪ̀ɡ.lʊ̌]
  1. igloo; a dome-shaped Inuit winter dwelling built from blocks of compacted snow

    masculine
    De bygde en iglo av harde snøblokker.
  2. an igloo-shaped container, especially a large container used for collecting glass or other recyclable material

    masculine
    Kommunen har utplassert igloer for innlevering av glass.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Greenlandic illu (“house”), formerly written igdlo (“house”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu (“house”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu (“house”). The Greenlandic source is cognate with Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”). Compare the related borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk iglo, Danish iglo, German Iglu and English igloo.

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