verglas
French, noun/vɛʁ.ɡla/
verglas is spelled V-E-R-G-L-A-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verglas is a French masculine noun meaning “black ice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche de glace transparente, formée sur le sol par une pluie ou bruine qui se congèle à l’instant de sa…”.
What does verglas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblack ice
- 2
masculineice left by freezing rain
tempête de verglas
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche de glace transparente, formée sur le sol par une pluie ou bruine qui se congèle à l’instant de sa chute.
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 verglas?
- /vɛʁ.ɡla/
- /vɛʁ.ɡlɑ/
- \vɛʁ.ɡlɑ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verglas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verglas in French?
verglas appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).