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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch ijsberg (compound of ijs (“ice”) + berg (“mountain”)), from Middle Dutch ijsberch. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers. Cognate to German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian isberg and Swedish isberg.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?sb???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?sb??/
• Hyphenation: ice?berg

Noun

iceberg (plural icebergs)

1. (obsolete) The seaward end of a glacier. [18th–19th c.]
2. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from 19th c.]

3. (US, slang) An aloof person. [from 19th c.]
4. (figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? French: iceberg
• ? Spanish: iceberg
• ? Portuguese: iceberg, icebergue, aicebergue
• ? Welsh: eisberg

Translations

See also

• freeboard
• growler
• melt pond

References

• iceberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Icebergs on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “iceberg”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

From English iceberg, from Dutch ijsberg (literally “ice mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajs.b???/, /is.b???/, /ajz.b???/, /iz.b???/
• Rhymes: -???
• Homophone: icebergs

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

Derived terms

• partie émergée de l'iceberg
• partie visible de l'iceberg
• sommet de l'iceberg

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

Italian

Etymology

From English iceberg, from Dutch ijsberg (literally “ice mountain”).

Noun

iceberg m (invariable)

1. iceberg

Derived terms

• punta dell'iceberg (“tip of the iceberg”)

See also

• ghiaccio (“ice”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• icebergue, aicebergue (prescribed)

Etymology

From English iceberg, from Dutch ijsberg (literally “ice mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?aj.si?b??.?i/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?j.s??b??.?(?)/

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg (huge mass of floating ice)

Spanish

Etymology

From English iceberg, from Dutch ijsberg (literally “ice mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /i?e?be??/, [i.?e???e???]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ise?be??/, [i.se???e???]

• (Latin America, also) IPA^(key): /?aisbe??/, [?ai?z.??e???]

Noun

iceberg m (plural icebergs)

1. iceberg

   Synonym: témpano de hielo

Derived terms

• punta del iceberg f