Graupel

Etymology
16th century. From. is from, where the senses “hulled grain” and “hail” are both present. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun
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 * 1)  graupel; soft hail

Usage notes

 * The word was originally a feminine referring to a single flake of graupel and hence chiefly used in the plural . However, the unchanged form has now become predominant. It may be construed as a plural, a feminine singular, or—at least informally—a masculine singular (on the model of words like, , ). The ambiguity is often circumvented by using the compound.