different between icecube vs glacier

English

Noun

icecube (plural icecubes)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of ice cube

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)

1. (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)

1. glacier
2. 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

1. (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 […]

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -?r).

Verb

glacier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of glaci?