igloo — ou iglou [ iglu ] n. m. • 1865; mot esquimau « maison » ♦ Abri en forme de dôme, construit avec des blocs de glace ou de neige préalablement découpés. Des igloos, des iglous. ● igloo ou iglou nom masculin (anglais igloo, de l esquimau iglo,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Igloo — Ig loo, n. 1. An Eskimo snow house. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
igloo — → iglú … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
igloo — (n.) 1824, Canadian English, from an Eskimo word for house, dwelling (Cf. Greenlandic igdlo house ) … Etymology dictionary
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igloo — ► NOUN ▪ a dome shaped Eskimo house, typically built from blocks of sol >English terms dictionary
igloo — [ig′lo͞o΄] n. pl. igloos [Esk igdlu, snow house] 1. an Eskimo house or hut, usually dome shaped and built of blocks of packed snow 2. any dome shaped building, esp. one used for storage … English World dictionary
Igloo — L intérieur d un igloo en Alaska, dessiné en 1916 Plan de coupe … Wikipédia en Français
Igloo — An igloo (Inuit language: iglu , Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗ, house , plural: iglooit or igluit , but in English commonly igloos ), translated sometimes as snowhouse, is the Inuit word for house or habitation, [cite… … Wikipedia
igloo — /ig looh/, n., pl. igloos. 1. an Eskimo house, being a dome shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow. 2. Informal. any dome shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo: immense silos topped with steel igloos. 3. Mil. a dome shaped… … Universalium
igloo — UK [ˈɪɡluː] / US [ˈɪɡlu] noun [countable] Word forms igloo : singular igloo plural igloos a building made from snow or ice … English dictionary
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- иглу igloo icehouse
- Summer housing for many Inuit was a skin tent, while in the winter the igloo , or house made of snow, was common.
- Temporary snow houses were also used, though the legendary igloo was a structure used more by Canadian Inuit.
- Even with a small air pocket, the warmth of a victim’s breath can seal the snow around his mouth much as perspiration seals the inside of an igloo or a snow cave.
- Produced by an Inuit cast and crew, The Fast Runner pays close ethnographic attention to the daily details of Inuit life, from building an igloo to making a sealskin drum.
- I think his dream home would have been an igloo in northern Nunavat.
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