glacis

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A gentle incline.
2. (also, figuratively) A gentle incline.
3. A gentle incline.
4. A gentle incline.
5. A gentle incline.

Sinonieme

flat gradient

Vertalings

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منحدر

şahra şevi

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡleɪsɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French glacis (“slippery surface”), derived from Old French glacier (“to glide; freeze”), the former from Latin glaciāre (“to freeze”), from glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin.
Cognates
* Medieval Latin glatia (“incline in front of a fortification”)