sleet
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sleet
- /sliːt/
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.
noun sleets
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Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
Similar: ice pellets
- Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet
- A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
- The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
verb sleets · sleeting · sleeted
- To be in a state in which sleet is falling. I won't bother going out until it's stopped sleeting.
Translations
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noun ice pellets
| Español | perdigón de hielo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 霰 xiàn |
| Português | grão de gelo |
| Français | grésil |
| Deutsch | Graupel, gefrierende Nässe |
| Italiano | gragnola |
| Română | lapoviță |
noun precipitation of rain–snow mixture
| Español | aguanieve, cellisca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진눈깨비 jinnunkkaebi |
| 日本語 | 霙 mizore, 氷雨 hisame |
| 中文 | 雨夾雪 /雨夹雪 yǔjiāxuě, 雨雪 yǔxuě |
| Português | água-neve |
| Deutsch | Schneeregen |
| Italiano | pioggia mista a neve, acquaneve |
| Ελληνικά | χιονόνερο chionónero |
| Română | lapoviță |
| Русский | мо́крый снег mókryj sneg, дождь со сне́гом doždʹ so snégom, ледяно́й дождь ledjanój doždʹ |
noun glaze ice formed by freezing rain
| 한국어 | 진눈깨비 jinnunkkaebi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 凍雨 /冻雨 dòngyǔ |
| Português | gelo negro |
| Français | verglas |
| Deutsch | Glatteis |
| Italiano | vetrone |
| Ελληνικά | παγετός pagetós |
| Română | lapoviță, fleșcăială |
| Русский | мо́крый снег mókryj sneg, дождь со сне́гом doždʹ so snégom, ледяно́й дождь ledjanój doždʹ, крупа́ krupá |
verb to be in a state in which sleet is falling
| Español | cellisquear |
|---|---|
| Português | granizar |
| Français | grésiller |
| Română | lapovița |
Talk about this word "sleet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sleet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sleet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sleet "sleet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sleet.Cite this
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title = {sleet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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