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glacier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal glacier, derived from glace + -ier, (cf. also Medieval Latin glaciarium), derived from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacies (“ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??læs.j?/, /??le?s.j?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??le?.??/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /??le?.??/, /??le?s.j?/
Noun
glacier (plural glaciers)
- (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- iceberg
Further reading
- glacier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Cargile, gracile
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal glacier, derived from glace + -ier, (cf. also Medieval Latin glaciarium), derived from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacies (“ice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la.sje/
Noun
glacier m (plural glaciers)
- glacier
- ice cream parlor
- Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
See also
- glace
Further reading
- “glacier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- giclera
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /??la.ki.e?r/, [????äkie?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /??la.t??i.er/, [??l??t??i?r]
Noun
glaci?r ? (genitive glacieris); third declension
- (New Latin) glacier
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
- Glacierum liquatio tam in polis quam in regionibus eximiae altitudinis gravissimum periculum denuntiat ne gasium methanum exeat […]
- The melting of glaciers at the poles as much as at particular high regions summons the grave danger that methane gas may be released […]
- Glacierum liquatio tam in polis quam in regionibus eximiae altitudinis gravissimum periculum denuntiat ne gasium methanum exeat […]
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -?r).
Verb
glacier
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of glaci?
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glacially
English
Etymology
From glacial +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??le????li/
Adverb
glacially (comparative more glacially, superlative most glacially)
- (geology) Through glacial action. [from 19th c.]
- In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 278:
- ‘Monsieur,’ Louis XV glacially remarked to Choiseul days before the dénouement, ‘I told you that I did not want war.’
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 278:
- With the speed of a glacier; very slowly. [from 20th c.]
glacially From the web:
- what does glacial mean
- what does glacial
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