ice cube

See also: icecube

English

An ice cube.

Alternative forms

• icecube
• ice-cube

Noun

ice cube (plural ice cubes)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice,‎ cube.
2. Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, regardless of their shape.

   The new freezer in our kitchen makes round ice cubes!

Derived terms

• ice cube tray
• tip of the ice cube

Translations

small piece of ice used for cooling drinks

• Arabic: مُكَعَّبُ ثَلْجٍ m (mukaʕʕabu ṯaljin)
• Basque: izotz-koskor
• Catalan: glaçó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰塊／冰块 (zh) (bīngkuài)

• Danish: isterning (da) c
• Dutch: ijsklontje (nl)
• Esperanto: glacibloketo, glacikubo
• Faroese: ísterningur m
• Finnish: jääpala (fi), jääkuutio
• French: glaçon (fr) m, cube de glace (fr) m (Canadian French)
• Galician: cubo de xeo m
• German: Eiswürfel (de) m
• Greek: παγάκι (el) n (pagáki)
• Hungarian: jégkocka (hu)
• Icelandic: klaki (is) m, ísmoli (is) m
• Indonesian: es batu
• Italian: cubetto di ghiaccio
• Japanese: クラッシュドアイス (kurasshudo aisu), アイスキューブ (aisu kyūbu)
• Khmer: ដុំទឹកកក (dom tɨk kɑɑk)
• Latin: cubus glaciei
• Macedonian: коцка мраз f (kocka mraz)
• Malay: kiub ais
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isbit m, isterning m

  Nynorsk: isbit m, isterning m

• Polish: kostka lodu (pl) f
• Portuguese: cubo de gelo m
• Russian: ку́бик льда́ m (kúbik lʹdá)
• Spanish: cubito de hielo m, cubo de hielo m, hielo (es) m, cubito (es) m
• Swedish: isbit (sv) c, iskub c
• Turkish: buz küpü
• Vietnamese: (cục) đá lạnh