glacis

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

glacis

Sinónimos

flat gradient

Traducciones

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Glacis

منحدر

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡleɪsɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”)