glacier
EnglishEdit
Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/
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NounEdit
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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal glacier, derived from glace + -ier, (cf. also Medieval Latin glaciarium), derived from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacies (“ice”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
glacier m (plural glaciers)
- glacier
- ice cream parlor
- Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “glacier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡla.ki.eːr/, [ˈɡɫ̪a.ki.eːr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡla.t͡ʃi.er/, [ˈɡlaː.t͡ʃi.ɛr]
NounEdit
glaciēr ? (genitive glacieris); 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:
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ēr).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | glaciēr | glacierēs |
Genitive | glacieris | glacierum |
Dative | glacierī | glacieribus |
Accusative | glaciera glacierem |
glacierēs |
Ablative | glaciere | glacieribus |
Vocative | glaciēr | glacierēs |
VerbEdit
glacier