gletser

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gletsjer via the older form gletser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχlɛtsər/

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Noun

gletser (plural gletsers)

1. glacier

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlɛt.sər/
• Hyphenation: glet‧ser

Noun

gletser m (plural gletsers)

1. Dated spelling of gletsjer.
   • 1682, Simon de Vries, Curieuse aenmerckingen der bysonderste Oost en West-Indische Verwonderens-waerdige Dingen; Nevens die van CHINA, AFRICA en andere Gewesten des Werelds, vol. 4, publ. by Johannes Ribbius, page 1241.

     Enckelijck hebbenſe haere Wooningh op de hooghſte Bergen, by den Gletſer en Firn (dit zijn Namen der geduerigh met Sneeuw bedeckte Geberghten); en worden derhalven oock genoemd Sneeuw-hoenderen.

     They exclusively have their residence on the highest mountains, at the glacier and firn (these are names of the mountain areas that are lastingly covered with snow); and are therefore also called snow grouses [i.e. ptarmigans].

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gletsjer via the older form gletser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛtsər/
• Rhymes: -sər, -ər, -r
• Hyphenation: glèt‧sêr

Noun

glètsêr (first-person possessive gletserku, second-person possessive gletsermu, third-person possessive gletsernya)

1. (geology) glacier

Alternative forms

• glasier (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “gletser” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.