glacier

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

glacier (plural glaciers)

1. (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

Anagrams

• Cargile, gracile

Etymology

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal glacier, derived from glace + -ier, (cf. also Medieval Latin glaciarium), derived from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glacies (“ice”).

Noun

glacier m (plural glaciers)

1. glacier
2. ice cream parlor

Further reading

• “glacier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• giclera

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.ki.er/, [ˈɡɫa.ki.ɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.t͡ʃi.er/, [ˈɡlaː.t͡ʃi.er]

Noun

glacier n (genitive glacieris); third declension

1. (New Latin) glacier
   • 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. , 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 […]

Verb

glacier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of glaciō