glacier

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Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina

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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).

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glacier (plural glaciers)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

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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).

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glacier m (plural glaciers)

  1. glacier
  2. ice cream parlor
    Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier

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Etymology[edit]

Possibly from English glacier or French glacier, both from Franco-Provençal glacier, ultimately from Latin glaciārium.

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glaciēr ? (genitive glaciēris); 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 []

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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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glacier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of glaciō