"glacier" meaning in French

See glacier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡla.sje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-glacier.wav Forms: glaciers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|frp|gllaciér}} Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, {{cog|de|Gletscher}} German Gletscher Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} glacier m (plural glaciers)
  1. (geology) glacier Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-glacier-fr-noun-kUmkosLH Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡla.sje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-glacier.wav Forms: glaciers [plural]
Etymology: glace (“mirror; ice-cream”) + -ier (occupational suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|glace|-ier|pos2=occupational suffix|t1=mirror; ice-cream}} glace (“mirror; ice-cream”) + -ier (occupational suffix) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} glacier m (plural glaciers)
  1. (dated) maker of mirrors Tags: dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-glacier-fr-noun-IazKwUjA
  2. seller of ice-cream Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-glacier-fr-noun-tvXGK2Ux
  3. (by extension) ice-cream parlour Tags: broadly, masculine Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier
    Sense id: en-glacier-fr-noun-BA6r-Hei Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ier, Ice, Landforms Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 9 26 5 3 11 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 19 5 2 14 48 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 4 19 65 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ier: 12 11 18 59 Disambiguation of Ice: 6 0 21 73 Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 2 20 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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