"subglacial" meaning in English

See subglacial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃɪ.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subglacial.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəl Etymology: PIE word *upó From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*upó}} *upó, {{PIE word|en|upó}} PIE word *upó, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{prefix|en|sub|glacial|pos1=prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’|t2=of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow}} sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subglacial (not comparable)
  1. Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ice Translations (formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice): subglacial (Asturian), glaziarpeko (Basque), подледниковото (podlednikovoto) (Bulgarian), subglacial (Catalan), 冰下 (bīngxià) (Chinese Mandarin), subglaciální (Czech), subglacial (Danish), isdækket (Danish), subglaciale (Dutch), subglacia (Esperanto), subglasiaalinen (Finnish), jäänalainen (Finnish), jäätikön alainen (Finnish), subglaciaire (French), ყინულქვეშა (q̇inulkveša) (Georgian), subglazial (German), हिमानीगत (himānīgat) (Hindi), subglasial (Indonesian), subglaciale (Italian), 氷底 (hyōtei) (alt: ひょうてい) (Japanese), 빙저 (bingjeo) (alt: 氷底) (Korean), subglacialis (Latin), subglaciālais (Latvian), zemledus (Latvian), субглацијално (subglacijalno) (Macedonian), подглечероско (podglečerosko) (Macedonian), подледничко (podledničko) (Macedonian), subglasial (Norwegian Nynorsk), subglaciala (Occitan), subglacjalne (Polish), podlodowcowe (Polish), subglacial (Portuguese), подледнико́вый (podlednikóvyj) (Russian), подлёдный (podljódnyj) (Russian), subglacial (Spanish), subglaciar (Spanish), subglacial (Swedish), subglasyal (Tagalog), buzulaltı (Turkish), підльодовикове (pidlʹodovykove) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-subglacial-en-adj-M2pKKgdi Disambiguation of Ice: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with sub-, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice': 92 8
  2. (hyperbolic, informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow. Tags: excessive, informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): Ice Synonyms: glacial, slow Translations (moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier — see also slow): jäävuorta hitaampi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-subglacial-en-adj-t2hp9HNm Disambiguation of Ice: 54 46 Categories (other): English hyperboles, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with sub-, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier — see also slow': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subglacial duct, subglacial lake, subglacially, subglacial rill, subglacial stream, subglacial volcano

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        "pos1": "prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’",
        "t2": "of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow"
      },
      "expansion": "sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *upó\nFrom sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + glacial (“of or relating to glaciers; cold and icy; (figurative) very slow”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "subglacial (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sub‧gla‧ci‧al"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "supraglacial"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1836 September 2, J. R., “Art. VI. Observations on the Causes which Occasion the Variation of Temperature between Spring and River Water.”, in J[ohn] C[laudius] Loudon, editor, The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, volume IX, number 66, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […], published October 1836, →OCLC, page 534",
          "text": "These streams continue to flow in winter as well as in summer, although in less quantity; […] It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground, and occasions, or rather permits, the perpetual downward movement, with which \"The glacier's cold and restless mass / Moves onward day by day.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Formed",
          "form#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "glacier",
          "glacier"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ice",
          "ice#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "speedy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English hyperboles",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST Seize the Moment”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3",
          "text": "Securing political approval for even modest changes to railway organisation and structure has been of sub-glacial speed and complexity since 2004, when Government abolished the Strategic Rail Authority and put itself in charge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Moving",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "slower",
          "slow#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hyperbolic, informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "glacial"
        },
        {
          "word": "slow"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "excessive",
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃɪ.əl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsʌbˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "glaziarpeko"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podlednikovoto",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "подледниковото"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bīngxià",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "冰下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciální"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "isdækket"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciale"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglasiaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "jäänalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "jäätikön alainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇inulkveša",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "ყინულქვეშა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglazial"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "himānīgat",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "हिमानीगत"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglasial"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうてい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōtei",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "氷底"
    },
    {
      "alt": "氷底",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bingjeo",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "빙저"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacialis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciālais"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "zemledus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "subglacijalno",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "субглацијално"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podglečerosko",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "подглечероско"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podledničko",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "подледничко"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglasial"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacjalne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "podlodowcowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podlednikóvyj",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "подледнико́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podljódnyj",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "подлёдный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglaciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "subglasyal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "buzulaltı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidlʹodovykove",
      "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
      "word": "підльодовикове"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier — see also slow",
      "word": "jäävuorta hitaampi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subglacial"
}

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