sleet

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sliːt/ Rhymes: -iːt === Noun === sleet (countable and uncountable, plural sleets) (chiefly US) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes. Synonym: ice pellets (chiefly UK, Ireland, Northeastern US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. (rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain. Synonyms: black ice, glaze (firearms) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== freezing rain graupel hail ==== References ==== Sleet in Encyclopedia Britannica === Verb === sleet (third-person singular simple present sleets, present participle sleeting, simple past and past participle sleeted) (impersonal, of the weather) To be in a state in which sleet is falling. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === sleet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sleet in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) AMS Glossary of Meteorology === Anagrams === Teles, steel, Leets, stélé, Teels, Elets, leets, Steel, stele, stelè, teles == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sleːt/ Rhymes: -eːt === Noun === sleet c (uncountable, no diminutive) (chiefly Belgium) wear ==== Synonyms ==== slijtage === Verb === sleet singular past indicative of slijten inflection of sleeën: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative === Anagrams === leest, slete, steel, stele == Middle English == === Noun === sleet alternative form of slete