Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɣlaː.siˈaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gla‧ci‧aal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Latin glaciālis. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

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glaciaal (not comparable)

  1. glacial (pertaining to land ice or ice ages)
Inflection
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Declension of glaciaal
uninflected glaciaal
inflected glaciale
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial glaciaal
indefinite m./f. sing. glaciale
n. sing. glaciaal
plural glaciale
definite glaciale
partitive glaciaals
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Glazial.

Noun

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glaciaal n (plural glacialen)

  1. A glacial, an ice age.
    Synonym: ijstijd