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)

, gla·céed, gla·cé·ing.

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 glace¹

< Canadian French, French: ice; glacé

Origin of glace²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of glace¹

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

Example Sentences

An empty stone hut beyond the mer de glace gave them shelter for the night.

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We walked quickly over the Mer de Glace, and in about three hours came to the difficult part.

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I am sorry, if that was all, that Helena did not stay to hear such a charming moral compliment—Moralit la glace.

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The greatest of them is the Mer de Glace, on which every visitor must set his foot.

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The boulder clay of Germany is supposed to have accumulated underneath this vast "mer de glace," as he calls it.

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Related Words

• sticky
• sweet
• syrupy