glacial
French, adjective/ɡla.sjal/
glacial is spelled G-L-A-C-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glacial is a French adjective meaning “freezing, ice-cold, very cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui glace ; qui pénètre d’un froid vif”.
What does glacial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
freezing, ice-cold, very cold
- 2
icy, very cold
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui glace ; qui pénètre d’un froid vif. 2. Qui est d’une extrême froideur, qui déconcerte ou qui paralyse. 3. Qui est d'une vitesse lente.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glacial
- glaciale feminine
- glaciaux masculine plural
- glaciales feminine plural
- glacials plural masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glacial?
- /ɡla.sjal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glacial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glacial in French?
glacial appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).