"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
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: {{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)
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  2. (hyperbolic, informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow. Tags: excessive, informal, not-comparable 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 Categories (other): English hyperboles Disambiguation of 'moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier — see also slow': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subglacial duct, subglacial lake, subglacially, subglacial rill, subglacial stream, subglacial volcano
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          "roman": "q̇inulkveša",
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          "sense": "formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice",
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        }
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          "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.",
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        "(hyperbolic, informal) Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow."
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        }
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "word": "subglacial lake"
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          "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:",
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          "body#Noun"
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      "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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