Polyglot Dictionary

banquise

/bɑ̃.kiz/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les banquises

Meaning

  1. ice shelf, pack ice

    • L'ours polaire chasse sur la banquise.

      The polar bear hunts on the ice shelf.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Collective

Similar words

glace

Glace is the general word for ice (or ice cream); banquise specifically means a large ice shelf or pack ice, as found in polar regions.

Practice

1 What does banquise mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'ours polaire chasse sur la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches banquise?

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