glacial

See also: Glacial

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

glacial (comparative more glacial, superlative most glacial)

1. Of, or relating to glaciers.

   We examined the glacial deposits.

   Wang Shijin is a glacier expert and director of the Yulong Snow Mountain Glacial and Environmental Observation Research Station.

2. (figuratively) Very slow.
   • 2010, "Under the volcano", The Economist, 16 Oct 2010:

     Progress on judicial reform has been glacial, meeting enormous resistance.

3. Cold and icy.

   After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial.

4. Having the appearance of ice.

   On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.

5. (figuratively) Cool and unfriendly.

   He gave me a glacial stare.

Hyponyms

• englacial
• interglacial
• monoglacial
• periglacial
• postglacial
• preglacial
• proglacial
• subglacial
• supraglacial

 

Translations

relating to glaciers

• Bulgarian: ледников (bg) (lednikov)
• Catalan: glacial (ca)
• Czech: glaciální
• German: glazial (de)
• Greek: παγετωνικός (el) (pagetonikós)
• Ido: glaciera (io), glacierala (io)
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• Irish: oighreach
• Manx: rioee
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glasial

  Nynorsk: glasial

cold and icy

• Bulgarian: леден (bg) (leden)
• Catalan: glacial (ca)
• Czech: glaciální
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• Finnish: hyinen (fi), jäinen (fi), jäätävä (fi), jääkylmä (fi)
• German: eisig (de), eiskalt (de)
• Ido: glacia (io), glaciala (io), glaciatra (io)

Noun

glacial (plural glacials)

1. A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).

   Synonym: ice age

Translations

glacial period

• German: Kaltzeit f, Eiszeit (de) f
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Derived terms

• glacial till

Anagrams

• gallica

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡlə.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡla.siˈal]

Adjective

glacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural glacials)

1. glacial

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡla.sjal/
• Homophones: glaciale, glaciales

Adjective

glacial (feminine glaciale, masculine plural glaciaux, feminine plural glaciales)

1. glacial (all meanings)

Further reading

• “glacial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Adjective

glacial m or f (plural glaciais)

1. frozen, at the temperature of ice

   Synonym: xeado

2. glacial, pertaining to glaciers
3. (figuratively) frigid, chilly, not cordial

   Synonym: xélido

Related terms

• glaciación

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”).

Adjective

glacial m

1. (Jersey) icy

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. glacial (cold and icy)

   Synonym: gélido

2. glacial (relating to glaciers)
3. relating to ice ages
4. (figurative) glacial; cold (emotionally distant)

   Synonyms: frio, gélido

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡlaˈθjal/ [ɡlaˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡlaˈsjal/ [ɡlaˈsjal]

Adjective

glacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural glaciales)

1. glacial
2. (figuratively) frigid, chilly, not cordial

Related terms

• glaciación
• glacialmente