periglacial

English

Etymology

peri- + glacial

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛɹɪˈɡleɪʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃəl
  • Hyphenation: peri‧gla‧cial
  • Homophone: paraglacial (in some dialects)

Adjective

periglacial (not comparable)

  1. (geomorphology) Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 167:
      * During the Anglian glaciation, the ice caps were smaller than during earlier glacial events, but conditions in the periglacial areas around the ice were far more severe.

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾiɡlaˈθjal/ [pe.ɾi.ɣ̞laˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾiɡlaˈsjal/ [pe.ɾi.ɣ̞laˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pe‧ri‧gla‧cial

Adjective

periglacial m or f (masculine and feminine plural periglaciales)

  1. periglacial
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