glacial
Portuguese, adjective/ɡla.siˈaw/
glacial is spelled G-L-A-C-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glacial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “glacial (cold and icy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gelado”.
What does glacial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineglacial (cold and icy)
- 2
femininemasculineglacial (relating to glaciers)
- 3
femininemasculineice age
- 4
femininemasculineglacial; cold (emotionally distant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gelado 2. relativo a gelo 3. muito frio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glacial
- glaciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glacial?
- Brazil /ɡla.siˈaw/
- Brazil [ɡla.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ɡlaˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
glacial appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).