"glacial" meaning in English

See glacial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡleɪ.sɪəl/ [UK], /ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glacial.ogg [US] Forms: more glacial [comparative], most glacial [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəl 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|glacial}} French glacial, {{der|en|la|glaciālis}} Latin glaciālis, {{m|la|glaciēs|t=ice}} glaciēs (“ice”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} glacial (comparative more glacial, superlative most glacial)
  1. Of, or relating to glaciers. Translations (relating to glaciers): ледников (lednikov) (Bulgarian), glacial (Catalan), glaciální (Czech), glacial (Danish), glazial (German), παγετωνικός (pagetonikós) (Greek), glaciera (Ido), glacierala (Ido), oighreach (Irish), rioee (Manx), glasial (Norwegian Bokmål), glasial (Norwegian Nynorsk), lodowcowy (Polish), glacjalny (Polish), леднико́вый (lednikóvyj) (Russian), льодовико́вий (lʹodovykóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-adj-m6sk6GwI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 1 7 4 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 5 2 9 9 29 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 56 0 0 8 5 31 Disambiguation of 'relating to glaciers': 98 0 0 1 2
  2. (figuratively) Very slow. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-adj-QahbPTx~
  3. Cold and icy. Categories (topical): Temperature Translations (cold and icy): леден (leden) (Bulgarian), glacial (Catalan), glaciální (Czech), hyinen (Finnish), jäinen (Finnish), jäätävä (Finnish), jääkylmä (Finnish), eisig (German), eiskalt (German), glacia (Ido), glaciala (Ido), glaciatra (Ido), glacial (Spanish), gélido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-adj-OjlKE9MN Disambiguation of Temperature: 2 2 79 8 2 7 Disambiguation of 'cold and icy': 0 0 96 1 3
  4. Having the appearance of ice.
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-adj-GaZKYsKR
  5. (figuratively) Cool and unfriendly. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-adj-pxDPcZx9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: englacial, interglacial, monoglacial, periglacial, postglacial, preglacial, proglacial, subglacial, supraglacial

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡleɪ.sɪəl/ [UK], /ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/ [UK] Audio: en-us-glacial.ogg [US] Forms: glacials [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəl 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|glacial}} French glacial, {{der|en|la|glaciālis}} Latin glaciālis, {{m|la|glaciēs|t=ice}} glaciēs (“ice”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} glacial (plural glacials)
  1. A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age). Synonyms: ice age Translations (glacial period): glacialtid [common-gender] (Danish), istid [common-gender] (Danish), Kaltzeit [feminine] (German), Eiszeit [feminine] (German), Glazial [neuter] (German), glaciación [feminine] (Spanish), era glacial [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-glacial-en-noun-qPVXbY1m

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1999, Michael Goodchild, Max J. Egenhofer, Robin Fegeas, Cliff Kottman, Interoperating Geographic Information Systems, Springer Science & Business Media, page 133",
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          "ref": "16 October 2010, “Under the volcano”, in The Economist",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, John P. Kotter, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World, Harvard Business Review Press, page 96",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Stuart E. Eizenstat, The Future of the Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel, and Its Relationship with the United States, Rowman & Littlefield, page 105",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "ледников"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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      "word": "glasial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to glaciers",
      "word": "lodowcowy"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to glaciers",
      "word": "glacjalny"
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      "word": "леднико́вый"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "льодовико́вий"
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      "code": "io",
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}

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}

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