sleet

indénombrable

A noun referring to a form of precipitation consisting of partially melted snow or a mixture of rain and snow.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une forme de précipitation consistant en neige partiellement fondue ou en un mélange de pluie et de neige, parfois de la neige fondue ou du grésil.

1. Mixed precipitation A2 formal

   A type of precipitation consisting of partially melted snow or a mixture of rain and snow.

   • The weather forecast warned of sleet and icy roads.
   • Sleet fell steadily throughout the morning, covering the ground in a slushy layer.
   • Drivers were advised to be cautious due to the sleet making the streets slippery.

   🇫🇷neige fondue

• sleets plural form
• sleets' possessive plural form
• sleet's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the meteorological phenomenon where rain and snow fall together, or where partially frozen rain falls.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour décrire un phénomène météorologique où la pluie et la neige tombent ensemble, ou lorsque de la pluie partiellement gelée tombe.

1. Precipitate as sleet B1 formal

   To fall as a mixture of rain and snow, or to produce such precipitation.

   • It began to sleet heavily during the afternoon commute.
   • The weather forecast said it would sleet overnight.
   • When it sleets, the roads become very slippery.

   🇫🇷tomber en neige fondue

• sleeted past participle
• sleeted past simple
• sleeting present participle
• sleets third person singular