périglaciaire
French, adjective/pe.ʁi.ɡla.sjɛʁ/
périglaciaire is spelled P-É-R-I-G-L-A-C-I-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Périglaciaire is a French adjective meaning “periglacial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte aux régions situées aux environs immédiats des glaciers”.
What does périglaciaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
periglacial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte aux régions situées aux environs immédiats des glaciers.
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 périglaciaire
- périglaciaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce périglaciaire?
- /pe.ʁi.ɡla.sjɛʁ/
- \pe.ʁi.ɡla.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is périglaciaire in French?
périglaciaire appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).