inlandsis

Borrowed from Danish indlandsis (literally “inland ice”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈin.lən.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈin.lan.sis]

inlandsis m (invariable)

1. ice sheet

   Synonym: glacera continental

• “inlandsis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

From Danish indlandsis (literally “inland ice”).

• IPA^(key): /in.lɑ̃d.sis/

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inlandsis m (plural inlandsis)

1. ice sheet

• “inlandsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Compound of inland (“inland”) +‎ -s- +‎ is (“ice”). First attested in 1865.^[1]

inlandsis c

1. 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.

• inlandsis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• inlandsis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)