# iglu
## English
### Noun

iglu (plural iglus or igluit)
* Archaic form of igloo.

### Anagrams

* ugli

## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iɡlu/, [i.ɣ̞lu]

### Noun

iglu inan
* igloo

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “iglu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiɡlu/, [ˈiɡlu]
* Rhymes: -iɡlu
* Hyphenation: ig‧lu

### Noun

iglu
* igloo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
igluni
igluni
accusative
nom.
igluni
igluni
gen.
igluni
genitive
igluni
iglujeni
partitive
igluani
iglujani
inessive
iglussani
igluissani
elative
iglustani
igluistani
illative
igluuni
igluihini
adessive
iglullani
igluillani
ablative
iglultani
igluiltani
allative
iglulleni
igluilleni
essive
iglunani
igluinani
translative
iglukseni
igluikseni
abessive
igluttani
igluittani
instructive
comitative
—igluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
iglusi
iglusi
accusative
nom.
iglusi
iglusi
gen.
iglusi
genitive
iglusi
iglujesi
partitive
igluasi
iglujasi
inessive
iglussasi
igluissasi
elative
iglustasi
igluistasi
illative
igluusi
igluihisi
adessive
iglullasi
igluillasi
ablative
iglultasi
igluiltasi
allative
iglullesi
igluillesi
essive
iglunasi
igluinasi
translative
igluksesi
igluiksesi
abessive
igluttasi
igluittasi
instructive
comitative
—igluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
iglumme
iglumme
accusative
nom.
iglumme
iglumme
gen.
iglumme
genitive
iglumme
iglujemme
partitive
igluamme
iglujamme
inessive
iglussamme
igluissamme
elative
iglustamme
igluistamme
illative
igluumme
igluihimme
adessive
iglullamme
igluillamme
ablative
iglultamme
igluiltamme
allative
iglullemme
igluillemme
essive
iglunamme
igluinamme
translative
igluksemme
igluiksemme
abessive
igluttamme
igluittamme
instructive
comitative
—igluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
iglunne
iglunne
accusative
nom.
iglunne
iglunne
gen.
iglunne
genitive
iglunne
iglujenne
partitive
igluanne
iglujanne
inessive
iglussanne
igluissanne
elative
iglustanne
igluistanne
illative
igluunne
igluihinne
adessive
iglullanne
igluillanne
ablative
iglultanne
igluiltanne
allative
iglullenne
igluillenne
essive
iglunanne
igluinanne
translative
igluksenne
igluiksenne
abessive
igluttanne
igluittanne
instructive
comitative
—igluinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
iglunsa
iglunsa
accusative
nom.
iglunsa
iglunsa
gen.
iglunsa
genitive
iglunsa
iglujensa
partitive
igluaan igluansa
iglujaan iglujansa
inessive
iglussaan iglussansa
igluissaan igluissansa
elative
iglustaan iglustansa
igluistaan igluistansa
illative
igluunsa
igluihinsa
adessive
iglullaan iglullansa
igluillaan igluillansa
ablative
iglultaan iglultansa
igluiltaan igluiltansa
allative
iglulleen iglullensa
igluilleen igluillensa
essive
iglunaan iglunansa
igluinaan igluinansa
translative
iglukseen igluksensa
igluikseen igluiksensa
abessive
igluttaan igluttansa
igluittaan igluittansa
instructive
comitative
—igluineen igluinensa :

### Further reading

* “iglu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Internationalism via English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈiɡlu]
* Hyphenation: ig‧lu
* Rhymes: -lu

### Noun

iglu (plural igluk)
* igloo (a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)
    Synonym: hókunyhó

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ iglu Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
* ↑ iglu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

## Inuktitut
### Noun

iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)
* Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

## Inupiaq
### Noun

iglu (dual igluk, plural iglut)
* house (North Slope)
    Igluga Utqiaġviŋmi ittuq.My house is in Utqiaġvik.
* beaver dam (Malimiut, Seward Peninsula)
    Qiñiqtugut iglunik.We saw a beaver dam.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.ɡlu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡlu
* Syllabification: i‧glu

### Noun

iglu n (indeclinable)
* Alternative form of igloo

### Further reading

* iglu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* iglu in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Compare Greenlandic illu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɡlu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡlu/ [iˈɣlu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: i‧glu

### Noun

iglu m (plural iglus)
* igloo (Inuit snow house)

### References

* ↑ “iglu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French iglou.

### Noun

iglu n (plural igluuri)
* igloo

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

#### Noun

ȉglu m (Cyrillic spelling и̏глу)
* igloo (snow house)

#### Further reading

* “iglu”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

iglu (Cyrillic spelling иглу)
* accusative singular of igla