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How do you say glacier in French?
How do you pronounce glacier in French?
glacier is pronounced /lə ɡlasje/ in French.
Example sentences
Le glacier bleu s'est effondré rapidement.
The blue glacier collapsed quickly.
Un ancien glacier recouvrait autrefois cette vallée profonde.
An ancient glacier once covered this deep valley.
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Why is it masculine?
Glacier is masculine in French. It is a noun meaning "ice cream" or "glacier" (the geological formation). The word derives from Old French "glaciere" (feminine), which came from Latin "glacies" (ice, feminine). However, the modern French "glacier" is masculine, likely due to reanalysis and analogy with the productive masculine "-er" suffix in French, which is commonly used for agent nouns and other masculine formations. This represents a gender shift from the original feminine Latin root.
What is the French word for glacier?
The French word for glacier is le glacier — masculine.
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