iceberg
English
/ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/, /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/
noun
Definitions
- A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
- (US) An aloof person.
- (figuratively) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish ijsberg (ice mountain) derived from Middle Dutch ijsberch.
Origin
Middle Dutch
ijsberch
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- iceberglike English
- icebergy English
- Berg German
- Eis German
- Eisberg German
- iceberg Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- ijs Dutch, Flemish
- ijsberg Dutch, Flemish
- ijsbergsla Dutch, Flemish
- iceberg French
- айсберг Russian
- iceberg Spanish, Castilian
- iceberg Portuguese
- bjerg Danish
- is Danish
- isbjerg Danish
- glacimonto Esperanto
- ijsberch Middle Dutch
- ysberg Afrikaans
- Äisbierg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- iisberch Western Frisian