hailstone
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hailstone¹
- /ˈheɪlstoʊn/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
noun hailstones
- A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation
Hailstone²
proper noun Hailstones
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "hailstone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hailstone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hailstone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hailstone "hailstone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hailstone.Cite this
@misc{hailstone_2026,
title = {hailstone},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hailstone},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
