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glace

ice

noun GLAHS Less Common

Also means

ice cream

Usage Note

Glace has two main everyday meanings: frozen water ('ice') and ice cream. Context usually disambiguates — un glaçon is an ice cube, une glace à la vanille is a vanilla ice cream. It also means 'mirror' (regarder dans la glace) and plate glass. The adjective glacé means 'iced' or 'glacé' (as in glazed chestnuts, marrons glacés).

Examples

"Elle mange une glace au chocolat."

Natural Translation

She is eating a chocolate ice cream.

Literal Translation

She eats an ice-cream to-the chocolate

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