inlandsis
French, noun/in.lɑ̃d.sis/
inlandsis is spelled I-N-L-A-N-D-S-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inlandsis is a French masculine noun meaning “ice sheet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nappe de glace, glacier continental très étendu, connu aussi sous le nom plus commun de calotte polaire”.
What does inlandsis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineice sheet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nappe de glace, glacier continental très étendu, connu aussi sous le nom plus commun de calotte polaire.
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.
How do you pronounce inlandsis?
- /in.lɑ̃d.sis/
- \in.lɑ̃d.sis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inlandsis in French?
inlandsis appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).