How to pronounce glacier
American English pronunciation
GLAY-sher
- IPA
- /ˈɡleɪʃɚ/
- Syllables
- GLAY · sher (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What glacier means
A huge, slow river of ice on land
In a sentence: The glacier creeps downhill so slowly that you cannot see it move.
Where it comes from: From a French word, built on a Latin word for "ice."
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