glacial

  • 11glacial — adj. 2 g. 1. Frio como gelo; gelado; transformado em gelo; que transforma em gelo. 2. Que congela. 3.  [Figurado] Reservado, frio. 4. Sem expressão. 5.  [Brasil] [Botânica] Planta hortense.   • Confrontar: glaciar …

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  • 12glacial — arctic, icy, gelid, frigid, freezing, frosty, *cold, cool, chilly …

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  • 13glacial — glacial, glacier The standard pronunciations in BrE are glay shǝl and glas eer respectively; in AmE they are glay shǝl and glay shǝr …

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  • 14glacial — Glacial, [glaci]ale. adj. Glacé, n est en usage qu au feminin & en ces phrases, Mer glaciale. zone glaciale, pour signifier, La mer qui est sous le pole, la zone qui enferme le Pole Arctique, ou Antarctique …

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  • 15glacial — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to ice, especially in the form of glaciers. 2) extremely cold or unfriendly; icy. DERIVATIVES glacially adverb. ORIGIN Latin glacialis icy , from glacies ice …

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  • 16glacial — (Del lat. glacialis < glacies, hielo.) ► adjetivo 1 Que es helado o muy frío: ■ los países nórdicos tienen un clima glacial. SINÓNIMO gélido 2 Que hiela: ■ estos días ha hecho un frío glacial. SINÓNIMO helador 3 Se aplica a la persona o a la… …

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  • 17glacial — [[t]gle͟ɪʃ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Glacial means relating to or produced by glaciers or ice. [TECHNICAL] ...a true glacial landscape with U shaped valleys. ...rising sea levels at the end of the last glacial period. 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) …

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  • 18glacial — glacially, adv. /glay sheuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to glaciers or ice sheets. 2. resulting from or associated with the action of ice or glaciers: glacial terrain. 3. characterized by the presence of ice in extensive masses or glaciers. 4.… …

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  • 19glacial — adjective Etymology: Latin glacialis, from glacies Date: 1656 1. suggestive of ice: as a. extremely cold ; frigid < a glacial wind > b. devoid of warmth and cordiality < a glacial handshake > c. coldly imperturbable …

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  • 20GLACIAL — ALE. adj. Glacé, qui est extrêmement froid. Vent, air glacial. Il n a point de pluriel au masculin.  Mer Glaciale, Mer qui est vers le pôle et qui est pleine de glaces. Zone glaciale, La zone qui enferme le pôle arctique ou le pôle antarctique.&#8230; …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)