glacier

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Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina
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Pronunciation [edit]

  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/, X-SAMPA: /"gl{sj@/, /"glEIsj@/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/

Etymology [edit]

Borrowing from French glacier, from Old French glace (ice), from Latin glacies (ice), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

Noun [edit]

glacier (plural glaciers)

  1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French glace (ice), from Latin glacies (ice), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

Noun [edit]

glacier m (plural glaciers)

  1. glacier
  2. ice-cream shop

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