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7-letter words (2 found)

GALLICA,GLACIAL,

6-letter words (2 found)

GALLIC,LAICAL,

5-letter words (5 found)

AGILA,ALGAL,CALLA,GLIAL,LILAC,

4-letter words (12 found)

ACAI,AIGA,ALGA,CALL,CILL,CLAG,GALA,GALL,GILA,GILL,GLIA,LAIC,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAL,AGA,AIA,AIL,ALA,ALL,CAA,CAG,CAL,CIG,GAL,ILL,LAC,LAG,LIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AG,AI,AL,GI,LA,LI,

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Definitions and meaning of glacial

glacial

Etymology

From French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”). The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.sɪəl/, /ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl

Adjective

glacial (comparative more glacial, superlative most glacial)

  1. Of, or relating to glaciers.
    Wang Shijin is a glacier expert and director of the Yulong Snow Mountain Glacial and Environmental Observation Research Station.
  2. (figuratively) Very slow.
  3. Cold and icy.
  4. Having the appearance of ice.
  5. (figuratively) Cool and unfriendly.

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Noun

glacial (plural glacials)

  1. A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
    Synonym: ice age
    Coordinate term: interglacial

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • gallica

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡlə.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡla.siˈal]

Adjective

glacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural glacials)

  1. glacial

Further reading

  • “glacial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “glacial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “glacial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “glacial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

glacial

  1. glacial

Inflection

References

  • “glacial” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glaciālis. Morphologically, from glace +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡla.sjal/
  • Homophones: glaciale, glaciales

Adjective

glacial (feminine glaciale, masculine plural glaciaux, feminine plural glaciales)

  1. freezing, ice-cold, very cold
  2. (figuratively) icy, very cold

Related terms

  • glaçant
  • glaciaire

Further reading

  • “glacial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: gla‧cial

Adjective

glacial m or f (plural glaciais)

  1. frozen, at the temperature of ice
    Synonym: xeado
  2. glacial, pertaining to glaciers
  3. (figuratively) frigid, chilly, not cordial
    Synonym: xélido

Related terms

  • glaciación

Further reading

  • “glacial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”).

Adjective

glacial m

  1. (Jersey) icy

Occitan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adjective

glacial m (feminine singular glaciala, masculine plural glacials, feminine plural glacialas)

  1. glacial

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 350.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gla‧ci‧al

Adjective

glacial m or f (plural glaciais)

  1. glacial (cold and icy)
    Synonym: gélido
  2. glacial (relating to glaciers)
  3. (relational) ice age
  4. (figurative) glacial; cold (emotionally distant)
    Synonyms: frio, gélido

Further reading

  • “glacial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glacial, from Latin glacialis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡla.t͡ʃiˈal/

Adjective

glacial m or n (feminine singular glacială, masculine plural glaciali, feminine and neuter plural glaciale)

  1. glacial

Declension

Further reading

  • glacial in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡlaˈθjal/ [ɡlaˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡlaˈsjal/ [ɡlaˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gla‧cial

Adjective

glacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural glaciales)

  1. glacial
  2. (figuratively) frigid, chilly, not cordial

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “glacial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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