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glaciology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡleɪsɪˈɒlədʒi/
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  • General-American: /ˌɡleɪʃiˈɑləd͡ʒi/

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of ice and its effect on the landscape, especially the study of glaciers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin glaciēs (“ice”) + -ology (“study of a particular subject”).

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: glaciologjia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Arabic: علم الجليد — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Azerbaijani: qlyasiologiya — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Basque: glaziologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Belarusian: гляцыялогія (hljacyjalóhija) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Bengali: হিমবিদ্যা (himbidda) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Bihari: हिमानी बिज्ञान — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Bulgarian: глациология (glaciologija) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Catalan: glaciologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Chinese: peng-hô-ha̍k — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰川學 /冰川学 (bīngchuānxué) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Czech: glaciologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Danish: glaciologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Dutch: gletsjerkunde — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Dutch: glaciologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Esperanto: glaciologio — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Estonian: glatsioloogia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Finnish: glasiologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • French: glaciologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Galician: glacioloxía — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Georgian: გლაციოლოგია (glaciologia) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • German: Glaziologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Hindi: हिमानी विज्ञान (himānī vijñān) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Hindi: हिमानिकी (himānikī) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Hungarian: glaciológia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Icelandic: jöklafræði — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Indonesian: glasiologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Irish: oigheareolaíocht — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Italian: glaciologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Japanese: 雪氷学 — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Kazakh: мұздықтану (mūzdyqtanu) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Khmer: ទឹកកកវិទ្យា (tɨk kɑɑ kɑɑ vityie) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Khmer: ហិមានីវិទ្យា (he’maanii vityie) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Korean: 빙하학 (binghahak) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Kyrgyz: гляциология (glyatsiologiya) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Latvian: glacioloģija — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Limburgish: gletsjerkónde — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Lithuanian: glaciologija — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Luxembourgish: glaziologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Malay: glaciologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glasiologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: glasiologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Occitan: glaciologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Persian: یخچالشناسی — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Polish: glacjologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Portuguese: glaciologia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Punjabi: ਗਲੇਸ਼ੀਅਰ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (galeśīara vigiāna) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Romanian: glaciologie — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Russian: гляциоло́гия (gljaciológija) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Scots: glaciology — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: glaciologija — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Serbo-Croatian: глациологија — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Sinhalese: ග්ලැසියර විද්යාව (glæsiyara widyāwa) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Slovak: glaciológia — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Spanish: glaciología — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Swedish: glaciologi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Tagalog: glasyolohiya — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Thai: วิทยาธารน้ําแข็ง — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Turkish: buzul bilimi — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Turkish: buzulbilim — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Turkish: glasiyoloji — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Ukrainian: гляціологія (hljaciolohija) — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Uzbek: glyatsiologiya — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Vietnamese: băng hà học — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Waray-Waray: glasyolohiya — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Welsh: rhewlifeg — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Zazaki: glasiyoloci — study of ice and its effect on the landscape
  • Zazaki: cemedzanışey — study of ice and its effect on the landscape