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==English==
[[image:2014-03-04 06 31 33 Slush produced from a mixture of rain and snow (Commonwealth definition of sleet).JPG|thumb|A small amount of [[slush]] can be produced from a mixture of rain and snow]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|slete}}, probably from {{inh|en|ang|*slēte}}, {{m|ang|*slȳte}}, {{m|ang|*slīete}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*slautijā}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slautijǭ|t=sleet}}. [[:w:Walter William Skeat|Walter W. Skeat]], the author of ''Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'', suggests {{der|en|non|slydda}} (whence {{cog|da|slud|t=mixture of rain and snow}}).<ref>[http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/WBB/woerterbuecher/dwb/wbgui?mode=suchmaschine&textsize=600&lemmode=lemmasearch&lemid=GS12057&firstid=GS12057 Skeat] (in German) considers the English word “sleet” to be a loanword from Scandinavia and cites the Norwegian word “sletta.”</ref> The word appears to be akin to {{cog|nds|Sloot|t=hail}}, dialectal {{cog|de|Schloße||large hailstone}}, {{cog|non-ogt|sloyta|t=slush, sleet}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/sliːt/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sleet.wav |Audio (Southern England)}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːt|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|United States}} Pellets of ice made of mostly frozen [[raindrop]]s or refrozen melted [[snowflake]]s.
#: {{syn|en|ice pellets}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|UK|Ireland|New England}} Precipitation in the form of a mixture of [[rain]] and [[snow]].
# {{lb|en|rare}} A smooth coating of [[ice]] formed on ground or other objects by [[freezing rain]].
#: {{syn|en|black ice|glaze}}
# {{lb|en|firearms}} Part of a [[mortar]] extending from the [[chamber]] to the [[trunnion]]s.

====Derived terms====
{{col2|en|sleety|sleetlike|sleetless|thunder sleet}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|ice pellets}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сугра́шица|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|霰}}, {{t+|cmn|雨雪}} (yǔxuě)
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ijsregen|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|jäärae}} {{q|pellet of ice}}
* French: {{t+|fr|grésil|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Graupel|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|jégdara}}, {{t|hu|[[fagyott]] [[eső]]}}
* Italian: {{t|it|gragnola|f}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|frost}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|grão de gelo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lapoviță|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|grànnula|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|perdigón de hielo|m}}
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{{trans-top|precipitation of rain–snow mixture}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|sqotë}}
* Aragonese: {{t+|an|auguanieu|f}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|jigãrditsã}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|сло́та|f}}, {{t|be|слата́|f}}, {{t|be|мо́кры сне́г|m}}, {{t|be|до́ждж са сне́гам|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|aiguaneu|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|凍雨|tr=dòngyǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|霰|tr=xiàn}}, {{t+|cmn|雨夾雪|tr=yǔjiāxuě}}, {{t+|cmn|雨雪|tr=yùxuě}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|plískanice|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|slud|n}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|sneeuwregen|m}}, {{t|nl|natte sneeuw|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|räntä}}, {{t|fi|räntäsade}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|თოვლჭყაპი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schneeregen|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[havas]] [[eső]]}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|slydda|f}}, {{t|is|kraparigning|f}}, {{t|is|bleytukafald|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|greleto}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|flichshneachta}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pioggia mista a neve|f}}, {{t|it|acquaneve|f}} {{q|informal}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|氷雨|tr=ひさめ, hisame}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|진눈깨비}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Schnéireen|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|лапа́вица|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|waiwaha}}, {{t|mi|tarahī huka}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|slete}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|verglias|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|no|sludd|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sludd|n}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[deszcz]] ze [[śnieg|śniegiem]]|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|água-neve|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lapoviță|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[мо́крый]] [[снег]]|m}}, {{t|ru|[[дождь]] со [[снег|сне́гом]]}}, {{t|ru|[[ледяно́й]] [[дождь]]|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|nivarra|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguanieve|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|slask|n}}, {{t|sv|snöblandat regn|n}}, {{t|sv|snöglopp|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sulu sepken}}, {{t+|tr|kargın}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|eirlaw|m}}
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{{trans-top|glaze ice formed by freezing rain}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|поледица|f}}
* Catalan: {{t-needed|ca}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|凍雨|tr=dòngyǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|霰|tr=xiàn}}, {{t+|cmn|雨夾雪|tr=yǔjiāxuě}}, {{t+|cmn|雨雪|tr=yùxuě}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ijzel}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[jäätävä]] [[sade]]}}, {{t|fi|[[jäätävä]] [[tihku]]}}
* French: {{t-needed|fr}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|თოვლჭყაპი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Glatteis|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ónos eső}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|ískorn|n}}, {{t+|is|ísing|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|greleto}}
* Italian: {{t|it|vetrone|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|霙|tr=みぞれ, mizore}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|진눈깨비}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|krusa}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|waiwaha}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|níló yázhí}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|né fondue|f}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|برف‌باران}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|marznący deszcz|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|gelo negro|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lapoviță|f}}, {{t+|ro|fleșcăială|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[мо́крый]] [[снег]]|m}}, {{t|ru|[[дождь]] со [[снег|сне́гом]]}}, {{t|ru|[[ледяно́й]] [[дождь]]|m}}, {{t+|ru|крупа́|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|flin|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|susnežica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|jilata|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|sodra|f}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|eirlaw|m}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|freezing rain}}
* {{l|en|graupel}}

====References====
* [https://www.britannica.com/science/sleet ''Sleet'' in ''Encyclopedia Britannica'']

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|impersonal|of the weather}} To be in a state in which sleet is falling.
#: {{ux|en|I won't bother going out until it's stopped '''sleeting'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 February 24|author=Greg Morse|title=Great Heck: a tragic chain of events|journal=RAIL|issue=925|page=38|text=It was dark, it was cold, it was '''sleeting''' - dreadful conditions for driving... perfect conditions for an accident.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to be in a state in which sleet is falling}}
* Aragonese: {{t+|an|auguanebar}}
* Cimbrian: {{t|cim|brüskalan}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gijzelen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[sataa]] [[räntä|räntää]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|grésiller}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|setja niður slyddu}}, {{t|is|slydda|alt=vera slydda}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|greletar}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|sluddvær|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|granizar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lapovița}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|nivarrijari}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|bwrw eirlaw}}
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===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:Britannica 1911|Sleet}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070811131906/http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=sleet1 AMS Glossary of Meteorology]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eelst|Leets|Steel|Teels|Teles|leets|steel|stele|stelè|stélé|teles}}

{{topics|en|Atmospheric phenomena|Ice|Rain|Snow}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/sleːt/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-sleet.ogg|Audio}}
* {{rhymes|nl|eːt|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|c|-|-}}

# {{lb|nl|chiefly|Belgium}} [[wear]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|slijtage}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|slijten||s|past|ind}}
# {{infl of|nl|sleeën||23|s|pres|ind|;|p|imp}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|leest}}, {{l|nl|slete}}, {{l|nl|steel}}, {{l|nl|stele}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|slete}}