glacis

Meaning

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

Synonyms

flat gradient

Translations

glacis

glacis

Glacis

glacis

glacis

glacis

منحدر

şahra şevi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡleɪsɪs/

Etymology

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”)