glacier
See also: Glacier
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.
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) - Homophone: glassier (non-rhotic accents without trap-bath split)
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.
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)
Translations edit
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher.
Noun edit
glacier m (plural glaciers)
Descendants edit
- →? Catalan: glacera (calque)
- → English: glacier
- → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)
- → Italian: ghiacciaio (calque)
- → New Latin: glaciārium (calque)
- → Romanian: ghețar (calque)
- → Spanish: glaciar
Etymology 2 edit
glace (“mirror; ice-cream”) + -ier (occupational suffix).
Noun edit
glacier m (plural glaciers)
- (dated) maker of mirrors
- seller of ice-cream
- (by extension) ice-cream parlour
- Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
References edit
- “glacier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.