graupel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l/ Hyphenation: graup‧el === Noun === graupel (countable and uncountable, plural graupels) (meteorology) (uncountable) A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake. Synonyms: granular snow, hominy snow, popcorn snow, soft hail (countable) A small ball of rime resulting from this process. Synonym: snow pellet ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== freezing rain ice pellets sleet snow === References === === Further reading === graupel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === earplug, pergula, plaguer