- glacier
- glacier 1744, from Fr. glacier, from Savoy dialect glacière "moving mass of ice," from O.Fr. glace "ice," from V.L. glacia (Cf. O.Prov. glassa, It. ghiaccia), from L. glacies (see GLACIAL (Cf. glacial)).
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glacier
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Glacier — Gla cier, n. [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.] An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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glacier — 1. (gla sié ; l r ne se lie jamais ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des gla sié z immenses) s. m. Amas considérable de glace qu on ne rencontre que dans les hautes vallées des montagnes. Les glaciers de la Savoie. Les observateurs ont reconnu que les… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Glacier — (fr., spr. Glasiëh), Eisberg, Gletscher … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Glacier — (franz., spr. glaßjĕ), Eishändler; Gletscher, Eisberg; Glacière, Eiskeller, Eisgrube … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Glacier — (frz., spr. ßĭeh), Eisberg, Gletscher; Glacière (spr. ßĭähr), Eiskeller; glacieren (spr. glaß ), mit einer glatten, glänzenden Fläche überziehen … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
glacier — [n] mountain of ice, snow berg, floe, glacial mass, iceberg, icecap, ice field, ice floe, snow slide; concept 509 … New thesaurus
