glace

¹

[glas]

noun

Canadian chiefly Montreal.

1. ice placed in a drink to cool it.

glacé

²

[gla-sey]

1. frosted or iced, as cake.

2. candied, as fruits.

adjective

1. frozen.

2. finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.

verb (used with object)

glacéed, glacéing 

1. to make glacé.

glacé

/ ˈɡlæsɪ /

adjective

1. crystallized or candied

   glacé cherries

2. covered in icing

3. (of leather, silk, etc) having a glossy finish

4. frozen or iced

verb

1. (tr) to ice or candy (cakes, fruits, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of glacé¹

< Canadian French, French: ice; glacé

Origin of glacé²

1840–50; < French, past participle of glacer to freeze, derivative of glace ice < Latin glaciēs

Word History and Origins

Origin of glacé¹

C19: from French glacé, literally: iced, from glacer to freeze, from glace ice, from Latin glaciēs

Related Words

• sticky 
• sweet 
• syrupy