glacial

(glā'shəl)
adj.

1. 1. Of, relating to, or derived from a glacier.
   2. Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier: Work proceeded at a glacial pace.
2. 1. often Glacial Characterized or dominated by the existence of glaciers. Used of a geologic epoch.
   2. Pleistocene.
3. Extremely cold; icy: glacial waters. See synonyms at cold.
4. Having the appearance of ice.
5. 1. Lacking warmth and friendliness: a glacial stare.
   2. Coldly detached: a glacial composure.

[French , from Old French, icy, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs, ice.]

glacially gla'cial·ly adv.

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The standard pronunciations in British English are glay-shǝl and glas-eer respectively; in American English they are glay-shǝl and glay-shǝr.

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adjective

1. Very cold: arctic, boreal, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, icy, polar, wintry. Archaic frore. Idioms: bitterbitterlycold. See hot/cold/lukewarm.
2. Lacking all friendliness and warmth: cold, frigid, frosty, icy. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, hot/cold/lukewarm.

adj

Definition: unfriendly
Antonyms: amicable, friendly, warm

1. Of or relating to a glacier.

2. An extended length of time during which earth's glaciers expanded widely.

For a list of words related to glacial, see:

• Cold weather
• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - istids-, ishavs-, smeltevands-, is-, glacial, iskold
n. - istid, glacialtid

Nederlands (Dutch)
ijs-

Français (French)
adj. - (Géol) glaciaire, (fig) glacial, (Chim) cristallisé
n. - ère glaciaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - eisig, eiskalt, Gletscher-
n. - (Geol.) Eiszeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παγερός, παγετώδης

Italiano (Italian)
glaciale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - glacial, glaciário (Geol.)

Русский (Russian)
ледовый, ледяной, ледниковый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - glacial, helado, frío
n. - sensación de frío extremo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - istids-, glaciär-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冰的, 冰河的, 冰状的, 冰川期, 冰河时期

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冰的, 冰河的, 冰狀的
n. - 冰川期, 冰河時期

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 얼음의, 빙하시대의, 매우 차가운
n. - 방하의 결정, 매우 차가움

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 氷の, 氷状の, 氷河時代の, 氷河の, 冷淡な
n. - 氷河期

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جليدي, بارد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של קרח, של קרחונים, קר, יוצר גבישים דמויי קרח בעת קפיאתו (חומר כימי)‬
n. - ‮תקופת הקרח‬

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