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English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
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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Descendants
- → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)
Translations
a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill
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Franco-Provençal
Noun
glacier (Old Valaisan, Old Vaudois)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “glacies”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 139: “Afrpr. glacier m. „grand amas de glace provenant de la transformation de la neige, dans les montagnes“ (seit 1332)... [Footnote, p. 142:] Beleg aus Waadt, 1349 aus Wallis...”
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher.
Noun
glacier m (plural glaciers)
Descendants
- →? Catalan: glacera (calque)
- → English: glacier
- → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)
- → Italian: ghiacciaio (calque)
- → New Latin: glaciārium (calque)
- → Romanian: ghețar (calque)
- → Spanish: glaciar
Etymology 2
glace (“mirror; ice-cream”) + -ier (occupational suffix).
Noun
glacier m (plural glaciers)
- (dated) maker of mirrors
- seller of ice-cream
- (by extension) ice-cream parlour
- Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
References
- “glacier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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