Dictionary

glacier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡleɪs.jə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/ (Canada)
• /ˈɡlæs.jə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/ (Canada)
• /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/ (US)

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.

Meanings

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. (figuratively) Something that moves very slowly
   • The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.

Forms

Deriveds

snowdrift glacier · glacier cream · rock glacier · glaciered · glacierization · Hubbard Glacier · Ruth Glacier · Glaciergate · glaciation · Thwaites Glacier · glacierlike · namakier · Doomsday Glacier · Glacier County · glacierless · glacier buttercup · glacier bird · continental glacier · glacier glasses · glacierist · glacier mouse · glacier lily · glacier milk · paleoglacier · glacierized · salt glacier · palaeoglacier · Siachen Glacier

Relateds

glaciate · glaciology · iceberg · glacial

Translations (143)

fy gletsjer (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bo གངས་རི (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · hy սառցադաշտ (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · da jøkel (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ja 氷河 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · da gletsjer (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rm vadretg (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh ledènjāk (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · lld giacé (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · fa-ira پیرْیَخ (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · la glacier (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · pdt Iessboach (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bn হিমবাহ (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · lt ledynas (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · wa glaecî (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mk ле́деник (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ta பனியாறு (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · yue 冰河 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · kw rewliv (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mi hukāpo (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · fo jøkul (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · my ရေခဲမြစ် (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · km ផ្ទាំងទឹកកក (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bg ле́дник (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · fi jäätikkö (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · stq Glitsker (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sw barafuto (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · gd eigh-shruth (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · eu glaziar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ru ледни́к (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · cy rhewlif (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · scn ghiacciaiu (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh ледник (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · es glaciar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · de Kees (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · de Gletscher (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · kw rewiva (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bo གངས་ཆེན (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh lednik (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh glȅčer (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ru гле́тчер (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mel pejujoh (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · el παγετώνας (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ga oighearshruth (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · lb Gletscher (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ms glasier (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · cs ledovec (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mk гле́чер (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nn jøkul (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · tg пирях (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · is jökull (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · cjs мустағ (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · tr buzul (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · hi हिमनदी (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ky мөңгү (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ne हिमनदी (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · uk льодови́к (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rm glatscher (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · gl glaciar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · hsb lodowc (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · tk buzluk (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · io glaciero (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · hi हिमानी (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ml ഹിമപ്പരപ്പ് (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · kl sermeq (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ka მყინვარი (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · tl glasyar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nb bre (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ca glacera (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sq akullnajë (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · br skorneg (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · it ghiacciaio (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · de Ferner (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · zza cemediye (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mn мөсөн гол (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · mk ле́дник (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sk ľadovec (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nn isbre (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nl gletsjer (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rm sglatscher (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · be ледаві́к (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sd برفال (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · pl lodowiec (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nn bre (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · vi sông băng (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · os цъити (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · th ธารน้ำแข็ง (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · eo glaciaro (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sv jökel (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · da bræ (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh ледењак (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · he קַרְחוֹן (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · oc glacièr (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sh глечер (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bo འཁྱགས་ཀླུང (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rsk ґлечер (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · tt бозлык (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · kk мұздық (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · id gletser (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · hu gleccser (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · af gletser (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · az buzlaq (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nb isbre (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sma dielhtie (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · nb jøkel (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rm vadret (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · uz muzlik (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ur گِلیشِیَر (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · eo glaĉero (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · pt glaciar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sl ledenik (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ar مَثْلَجَة (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · id sungai es (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · li gletsjer (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · es helero (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sv glaciär (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · co ghjacciale (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ms sungai air batu (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · oc conglaç (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · lv ledājs (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · yue 冰川 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · sah булуус (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bo གངས (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · yi גלעטשער (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · cmn 冰河 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · cmn 冰川 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · eo glaciejo (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · gv awin rioee (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ar مَجْلَدَة (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · et liustik (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · fa-ira یَخْسار (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ug مۇزلۇق (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ro ghețar (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · fr glacier (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · pt geleira (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · rsk ляднїк (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · bar gletscha (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · vo gladäd (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · la glaciarium (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · yag táun (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · is ísbreiða (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · se jiehkki (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) · ko 빙하 (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill)