glacera

Catalan

Etymology

Synchronically glaç +‎ -era; perhaps a calque of French glacier, although the difference in gender is unusual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡləˈse.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡlaˈse.ɾa]

Noun

glacera f (plural glaceres)

1. glacier

Derived terms

• glacera continental

Related terms

• glacial
• glacialisme
• glacio-

Further reading

• “glacera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “glacera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “glacera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “glacera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

glacera

1. third-person singular future of glacer