stalactite

Etymology


From, from +  (modelled after the names of stones ending in -ites). is derived from +.

Noun

 * 1)  A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: сталакты́т, сталякты́т
 * Bulgarian: сталакти́т
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: stalaktit
 * Dutch: druipsteenpegel,
 * Esperanto: stalaktito
 * Faroese: dropasteinur
 * Finnish: tippukivipuikko,
 * French:
 * Georgian: სტალაქტიტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: dropasteinn
 * Irish: aolchuisne
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: stalaktīts
 * Maori: keoiri
 * Polish: sopleniec,
 * Portuguese: estalactite
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: stalaktit
 * Slovene: stalaktit
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: estalaktita, tulumbato
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: сталакти́т
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) icicle
 * 1) icicle
 * 1) icicle