sleet

1. Precipitation consisting of generally transparent frozen or partially frozen raindrops.
2. A mixture of rain and snow or hail.
3. A thin icy coating that forms when rain or sleet freezes, as on trees or streets.

[Middle English slete, from Old English *slēte.]

Very wet snow, or a mixture of rain and snow, usually developing when temperatures are just above freezing point.

Sleet may refer to:

• Rain and snow mixed, particularly in countries where British English is spoken (and sometimes where American English is spoken)
• Ice pellets, mainly within the United States

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slud, tøsne, isslag
v. intr. - være slud

Nederlands (Dutch)
natte sneeuw

Français (French)
n. - neige fondue
v. intr. - tomber de la neige fondue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schneeregen
v. - graupeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μετεωρ.) χιονόλυτο, χιονόνερο, (ψιλό) χαλάζι
v. - ρίχνω χιονόνερο

Italiano (Italian)
nevischio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - neve com chuva
v. - saraivar

Русский (Russian)
дождь со снегом, гололед

Español (Spanish)
n. - aguanieve, cellisca
v. intr. - cellisquear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snöblandat regn, snöglopp, snöslask, regn och hagel, isbark, isbildning
v. - bilda snöglopp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冰雨, 雨夹雪, 下冻雨, 下雨夹雪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冰雨, 雨夾雪
v. intr. - 下凍雨, 下雨夾雪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진눈깨비, 우빙, 도로의 살얼음
v. intr. - 진눈깨비가 내리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 霙
v. - みぞれが降る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مطر متجمد, قطقط (فعل) ترسل ألسماء ألقطقط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלג מעורב בגשם‬
v. intr. - ‮ירד שלג (מעורב בגשם)‬

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