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glacier

/ɡˈleɪʃə/GLAY-shur
/ɡˈleɪʃɚ/GLAY-shur

Meaningan ice mass

Common meaning: a slow river of ice

Journey through time

  1. Latinglaciēs, -ēī‘ice’
  2. Frenchglacier
  3. Englishglacier‘a slow river of ice’ · today

glaci also in: glacial

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin glaciēs ‘ice’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry glaciēs, p. 815 · dictionary scan

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Related words

glacial

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