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glacier

/ɡla.sje/

noun, masculine/ɡla.sje/plural: glaciers

glacier

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher.

noun, masculine/ɡla.sje/plural: glaciers

maker of mirrors; seller of ice-cream; ice-cream parlour; maker of glass art; maker of stained glass windows

Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier

glace (“window; mirror; ice-cream”) + -ier (occupational suffix).