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Floe

Floe

(flō)

,

Noun.

[Cf. Dan.

flag

af iis, iis

flage

, Sw.

flaga

,

flake

, is

flaga

, is

flake

. See

a flat stone.]

A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Floe rat

(Zool.)

,

a seal (

Phoca fœtida

).

Definition 2024

floe

floe

English

Noun

floe ‎(plural floes)

A low, flat mass of floating ice.

Translations

a low, flat mass of floating ice

Belarusian: крыга f ‎(krýha)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮冰 (zh) ‎(fúbīng), 凘 (zh) ‎(sī) (classical Chinese)
Catalan: banquisa f
Czech: kra (cs) f
Dutch: ijsschots
Finnish: jäälautta (fi)
French: banquise (fr) f
German: Eisscholle (de) f, Scholle (de) f, Packeis (de) f
Icelandic: ísjaki (is) m
Italian: banchisa (it) f
Japanese: 浮氷 ‎(ふひょう, fuhyō), 氷塊 (ja) ‎(ひょうかい, hyōkai)

Polish: kra (pl) f
Portuguese: banquisa (pt) f
Russian: льди́на (ru) f ‎(lʹdína)
Scottish Gaelic: leac-eighre f
Slovak: kryha f
Spanish: hielo marino m, banquisa (es) f, témpano (es) m
Swedish: isflak
Ukrainian: крижина (uk) f ‎(kryžýna)
Vietnamese: tảng băng
Yiddish: קריע f ‎(krie)

References

American Heritage Dictionary

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