inlandsis
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Danish indlandsis (literally “inland ice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inlandsis m (invariable)
- ice sheet
- Synonym: glacera continental
Further reading
[edit]- “inlandsis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish indlandsis (literally “inland ice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inlandsis m (plural inlandsis)
Further reading
[edit]- “inlandsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of inland (“inland”) + -s- + is (“ice”). First attested in 1865.[1]
Noun
[edit]inlandsis c
- continental glacier; ice sheet
- 1861 June 10, anonymous author, “Den svenska ishafsexpeditionen under adjunkten O. Torell [The Swedish Arctic expedition led by the adjunct O. Torell]”, in Aftonbladet, page 3:
- Han lyckades att bestiga Grönlands inlandsis, hvilken såsom en enda ofantlig glacier betäcker dess land, och anställde vid kusten omfattande draggningar ända till 280 famnars djup.
- He succeeded in ascending the inland ice of Greenland, which, like a single immense glacier, covers its land, and conducted extensive surveys along the coast to a depth of 280 fathoms.
- 2021 August 8, Erika Bjerström, “Här smälter inlandsisen i rekordfart [Here, the ice sheet is melting at a record pace.]”, in SVT Nyheter:
- Skulle hela inlandsisen smälta skulle det kunna leda till en global havsnivåhöjning på sju meter, även om det skulle ta flera hundra år innan det skulle bli verklighet.
- If the entire ice sheet were to melt, it could lead to a global sea level rise of seven meters, although it would take several hundred years before it would become a reality.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | inlandsis | inlandsis |
| definite | inlandsisen | inlandsisens | |
| plural | indefinite | inlandsisar | inlandsisars |
| definite | inlandsisarna | inlandsisarnas |
References
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