glacier
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈɡlæs.jə//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈɡleɪs.jə//
- États-Unis//ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ//
- Canada//ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ//
- Canada//ˈɡleɪs.jɚ//
A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
nom
- 1
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.
- 2
An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.
You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.
- 3
figuréSomething that moves very slowly
The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.
Étymologie
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.
Formes
- pluriel
- glaciers
glacier · A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
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