Meanings
hailstone1
Hailstone2
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*haglastainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*haglastain
- Old Englishhagolstān“hailstone”
- Middle Englishhailston
- Englishhailstone
From Middle English hailston, haylestone, hawelston, hawleston, from Old English hagolstān (“hailstone”), from Proto-West Germanic *haglastain, from Proto-Germanic *haglastainaz, equivalent to hail + stone. Cognate with West Frisian heilstien (“hailstone”), Saterland Frisian Hailsteen (“hailstone”), Dutch hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Low German Hagelsteen (“hailstone”), German Hagelstein (“hailstone”), Swedish hagelsten (“hailstone”), Icelandic haglsteinn (“hailstone”).
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Ancient Greek σφενδόνη
- σφενδόνη (sphendónē)single ball of hail
Chinese Mandarin 冰雹, 雹子
- 冰雹 (bīngbáo)single ball of hail
- 雹子 (báozi)single ball of hail
Czech kroupa
- kroupasingle ball of hail
Dutch hagelsteen
- hagelsteensingle ball of hail
Esperanto hajlero
- hajlerosingle ball of hail
Finnish rae
- raesingle ball of hail
French grêlon
- grêlonsingle ball of hail
German Hagelkorn
- Hagelkornsingle ball of hail
Hindi ओला
- ओला (olā)single ball of hail
Hungarian jégszem
- jégszemsingle ball of hail
Icelandic hagl
- haglsingle ball of hail
Japanese 雹
- 雹 (hyō)single ball of hail
Korean 우박
- 우박 (ubak)single ball of hail
Lithuanian krušos gabalėlis
- krušos gabalėlissingle ball of hail
Māori whatu
- whatusingle ball of hail
Polish kulka gradu, gradzina
- kulka gradusingle ball of hail
- gradzinasingle ball of hail
- gradowinasingle ball of hail
Portuguese granizo
- granizosingle ball of hail
Romanian grindină
- grindinăsingle ball of hail
Russian гра́дина
- гра́дина (grádina)single ball of hail
Scottish Gaelic clach-mheallain
- clach-mheallainsingle ball of hail
Slovak krúpa
- krúpasingle ball of hail
Spanish granizo, cascarrina
- granizosingle ball of hail
- cascarrinasingle ball of hail
- pedriscosingle ball of hail
- pedrisquerosingle ball of hail
Swedish hagelkorn
- hagelkornsingle ball of hail
Tamil கல்மாரி, ஆலங்கட்டி
- கல்மாரி (kalmāri)single ball of hail
- ஆலங்கட்டி (ālaṅkaṭṭi)single ball of hail
Thai ลูกเห็บ
- ลูกเห็บ (lûuk-hèp)single ball of hail
Turkish dolu tanesi
- dolu tanesisingle ball of hail
Ukrainian гради́на
- гради́на (hradýna)single ball of hail
Welsh ceseiren, cenllysgen
- ceseirensingle ball of hail
- cenllysgensingle ball of hail
Cite this entry
hailstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hailstone
“hailstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hailstone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hailstone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hailstone.
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