jökulhlaup

• jokulhaup, jokulhlaup

Borrowed from Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”).

jökulhlaup (plural jökulhlaups)

1. A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.

From Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”).

jökulhlaup m (plural jökulhlaups)

1. jökulhlaup

• “jökulhlaup”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From jökull (“glacier”) +‎ hlaup (“running, flood”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjœːkʏlˌl̥øyːp/

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  Rhymes: -øyːp

jökulhlaup n (genitive singular jökulhlaups, nominative plural jökulhlaup)

1. A subglacial outburst flood, a run-off from a subglacial eruption, a debacle