icing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪsɪŋ

Etymology 1

Gerund of the verb to ice. Cognate with German Eisung (“icing, freezing”), Icelandic ísing (“ice crystals, sleet”). More at ice.

Noun

icing (plural icings)

1. A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
2. (ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side, and the next player to touch the puck is an opponent player other than the goalie. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
3. The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.

Translations

sweet glaze used for baked goods

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖霜 (cmn) (táng shuāng)

• Danish: glasur (da)
• Esperanto: glaceo (eo)
• Finnish: kuorrutus (fi)
• French: glaçage (fr) m
• German: Zuckerguss (de) m, Glasur (de) f

• Greek: γλάσο (el) (gláso) n
• Japanese: アイシング (ja) (aishingu)
• Polish: lukier (pl) m
• Romanian: glazură (ro) f (de zahăr)
• Russian: глазурь (ru) (glazúrʹ) f
• Spanish: suspiro (es) m

minor violation of ice hockey rules

• Finnish: pitkä kiekko (fi)

• Swedish: icing (sv) c

process of forming a layer of ice

• Finnish: jäädytys (fi), jäädyttäminen (fi)
• German: Vereisung (de) f
• Polish: obladzanie (pl) n

• Romanian: acoperire cu gheață (ro) f
• Russian: обледенение (ru) (obledenénije) n

Etymology 2

From the verb to ice.

Verb

icing

1. Present participle of ice.

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Swedish

Noun

icing c

1. (sports) icing; a minor violation of rules in hockey

Declension

Declension of icing

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	icing	icingen	icingar	icingarna
genitive	icings	icingens	icingars	icingarnas