stalactite
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The meaning (definition) of the word stalactite
a spike of rock hanging down from a cave ceiling
The word stalactite used in a sentence
“The stalactite hangs down like a rock icicle in the cave.”
The plural of the word stalactite
stalactites
How the word stalactite is said around the world
| French | stalactite (stahlahkteet) |
| Spanish | estalactita (aystahlahkteetah) |
| Mandarin | 钟乳石 (zhōng rǔ shí) |
| Hindi | stalactite (stahluhktyt) |
| Arabic | الصواعد (ahssooahd) |
| Russian | сталактит (stalaktit) |
| Portuguese (EU) | estalactite (shtuhluhteeti) |
| Portuguese (BR) | estalactite (aystahlahkcheechew) |
| Japanese | 鍾乳石 (shounyuu ishi) |
| German | Stalaktit (shtahlahktit) |
| Urdu | stalactite (stahluhktyt) |
| Punjabi | ਸਟੈਲੇਕਟਾਈਟ (suhtelaykuhtyt) |
| Korean | 종유석 (jongyuseog) |
| Hebrew | נטיף (nteef) |
| Greek | σταλακτίτης (stalaktites) |
| Dutch | stalactiet (stahlahkteet) |
| Tagalog | estalaktita (estahlahkteetah) |
| Vietnamese | nhũ đá (nyoo dahur) |
| Turkish | sarkıt (sahrkut) |
| Persian | استالاکتیت (ahstahlahkahteeyaht) |
| Polish | sopel (sawpel) |
| Ukrainian | сталактит (stalaktyt) |
| Bengali | স্ট্যালাকটাইট (shtalahkawtyt) |
| Swedish | stalaktit (stahlahkteet) |
| Italian | stalattite (stahlahteetay) |
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