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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
glacier (plural glaciers)
- (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
- They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.
- (mountaineering) An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
- You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal glacier, derived from glace + -ier, (cf. also Medieval Latin glaciarium), derived from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacies (“ice”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
glacier m (plural glaciers)
- glacier
- ice cream parlor
- Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “glacier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from English glacier or French glacier, both from Franco-Provençal glacier, ultimately from Latin glaciārium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡla.ki.eːr/, [ˈɡɫ̪äkieːr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡla.t͡ʃi.er/, [ˈɡläːt͡ʃier]
Noun[edit]
glaciēr ? (genitive glaciēris); third declension
- (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 […]
- Glacierum liquatio tam in polis quam in regionibus eximiae altitudinis gravissimum periculum denuntiat ne gasium methanum exeat […]
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | glaciēr | glaciērēs |
Genitive | glaciēris | glaciērum |
Dative | glaciērī | glaciēribus |
Accusative | glaciērem | glaciērēs |
Ablative | glaciēre | glaciēribus |
Vocative | glaciēr | glaciērēs |
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Verb[edit]
glacier
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