different between oasis vs glacier

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

Compare Sahidic Coptic ????? (ouahe) and Arabic ??????? (w??a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???e?s?s/, /???e?s?s/
• (US) enPR: ?-?'s?s, ?-?'s?s, IPA^(key): /o??e?s?s/, /o??e?s?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s?s, -e?s?s

Noun

oasis (plural oases or oasises)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
2. A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

Synonyms

• (quiet place or situation): island, refuge

Usage notes

The plural oasises is rare and sometimes proscribed.

Related terms

• oasal
• oasitic

Translations

Anagrams

• ossia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.a.zis/

Noun

oasis m or f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Further reading

• “oasis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• osais

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?a.sis/

Noun

oasis m (plural oases)

1. oasis (spring of fresh water in a desert)
2. oasis (quiet, peaceful place)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?o??si?s/

Noun

oasis

1. locative singular of oassi

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis (“name of various oases”), from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?asis/, [o?a.sis]

Noun

oasis m (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oasis.

Noun

oasis

1. oasis

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?