glacière
See also: glaciere
French
editEtymology
editFrom glace (“ice”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editglacière f (plural glacières)
- icehouse (a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice)
- ice cave
- icebox
- ice chest, coolbox
- (figuratively) freezer (a very cold place)
- (figuratively, law enforcement) waiting room (used as a means to soften a suspect)
- Une heure ou deux en glacière suffisaient souvent à rendre les gens plus loquaces.
- An hour or two in the cooler was often enough to make people more talkative.
Further reading
edit- “glacière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “glacière” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.