glacier
French, noun/ɡla.sje/
glacier is spelled G-L-A-C-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glacier is a French masculine noun meaning “glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui prépare et vend des glaces, des sirops, des fruits glacés”.
What does glacier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglacier
noun
- 1
datedmasculinemaker of mirrors
- 2
masculineseller of ice-cream
- 3
masculineice-cream parlour
- 4
masculinemaker of glass art
- 5
masculinemaker of stained glass windows
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui prépare et vend des glaces, des sirops, des fruits glacés. 2. Établissement qui vend des glaces et sorbets. 3. Miroitier, fabricant ou vendeur de glaces de verre.
noun: 1. Masse de glace d’origine nivale, formée par l’accumulation et la transformation de la neige, qui s’écoule lentement sous son propre poids sur les terres émergées, principalement en haute montagne ou dans les régions polaires.
adjective: 1. Qualifie la couleur blanche semblable à celle de la neige propre.
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 glacier
- glaciers plural
- glacière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glacier?
- /ɡla.sje/
- \ɡla.sje\
- [ɡla.sje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glacier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glacier in French?
glacier appears 3.2 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).