Grammatical class

Adjective

glacial

freezing, ice-cold, very cold

Details

Syllables

gla-cial

Phonetics

gla.sjal

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

6071

Freq. (movies)

10233

Freq. (news)

14025

Sentences

Reste glacial.

Stay frosty.

A1

Il fait un froid glacial.

It's ice cold.

A1

Il fait un froid glacial ici.

It's freezing cold in here.

A1

À l'intérieur, il fait très chaud, mais dehors il fait glacial.

Inside, it's very hot, but outside its freezing.

A1

Il respira dans l'air glacial.

He breathed in the frosty air.

A2

L'hiver glacial sera bientôt fini.

The frosty winter will soon come to an end.

A2

Elle m'a jeté un regard glacial.

She gave me an icy look.

B1

Des milliers de personnes dorment dans la rue par un froid glacial.

Thousands of people sleep rough in the freezing cold.

B1

Après avoir échappé au froid glacial, Tom est resté longtemps devant la cheminée pour se réchauffer les mains et les pieds.

After coming in from the bitter cold, Tom stood in front of the fireplace for a long time warming up his hands and feet.

B1

Il faisait un froid glacial !

It was freezing.

B2

Un vent glacial lui soufflait sur le visage.

A cold wind was blowing on his face.

B2