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

Where the chocolate fails, however, the marron glacé is an infallible specific.

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Her cranberry sauce always jelled; her candied sweet potatoes were only equalled by marrons glacé, so Zebedee said.

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She wore the blue glacé, in which she looked so charming, and twisted some jeweled stars in her bright auburn hair.

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It lashes my lungs with handfuls of needles, and makes a bonbon glacé of my charming nose.

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Nora smiled and half cried at once, and then discreetly turned to order half a pound of glacé cherries.

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Related Words

• sticky
• sweet
• syrupy