glacis
glac·is/ˈɡleɪsɪs/noun
glacis is spelled G-L-A-C-I-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables (glac·is). It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, glacis means “A gentle incline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of glacis is glacises.
How many letters and syllables are in glacis?
| Letters | 6: G-L-A-C-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: glac·is |
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is glacis?
Glacis appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce glacis?
- US /ˈɡleɪsɪs/
- US /ˈɡlæsi/
Glacis has 2 syllables, split glac·is in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glacis1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-glacis2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with glacis?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as glacis from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsɪs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of glacis
- glacises plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does glacis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A gentle incline.
- 2
A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material.
- 3
A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and exposes attackers to more effective return fire from defenders.
- 4
In full glacis plate: the angled armour plate on the front of a tank which protects it from projectiles; also (often nautical), such a plate protecting an opening (for example, on a ship).
- 5
A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Glacis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense gentle incline in front of a fortification:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glacis |
| German | Glacis |
| Portuguese | glacis |
| Spanish | glacis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glacis come from?
Borrowed from French glacis (“slippery surface”), derived from Old French glacier (“to glide; freeze”), the former from Latin glaciāre (“to freeze”), from glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).