graupel
A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflakeA precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.
Graupel
крупа́krupá
крупа́krupá
(countable)A small ball of rime resulting from this process.
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Origin
Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-foBorrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense).
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plural: graupelsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable