ice cream

See also: icecream and ice-cream

English

Alternative forms

ice-cream, icecream

Etymology

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced +‎ cream. Compare mash potato.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/, /ˈaɪsˌkɹiːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
enPR: īs'krēm, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪs.kɹiːm/
- Audio (California): (file)
enPR: īskrēm', IPA^(key): /aɪsˈkɹiːm/
Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams)

(uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.

We were having a chocolate ice cream.
- 2025 July 11, Amina Lake Patel, “I’ve used the Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker that’s all over TikTok for a year. Here’s my review”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  There’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Ninja Creami by now. The original version of the ice cream maker has been around since 2021, but thanks to TikTok, it’s been one of the buzziest kitchen appliances lately.
(countable) A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.
Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?
(slang, uncountable) The drug methamphetamine.

Synonyms

(dessert): iced cream (dated), frozen cow juice
(in a wafer cone): cone, cornet, ice cream cone, ice-cream cornet

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: آيِس كِرِيم (ʔāyis kirīm)
→ Chinese: 冰淇淋
→ Hindi: आइसक्रीम (āiskrīm)
→ Hokkien: ice cream
→ Indonesian: es krim
→ Japanese: アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)
- → Hokkien: ăi-sīr-khu-lìn-mù
→ Korean: 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)
→ Magahi: 𑂅𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂧 (iskrīm)
→ Māori: aihikirīmi
→ Malay: aiskrim
→ Niuean: aisikirīmi
→ Punjabi: ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ (āīsa karīm)
→ Swahili: aiskrimu
→ Tagalog: ayskrim
→ Tamil: ஐஸ்கிரீம் (aiskirīm)
→ Tausug: ayskrim
→ Tokelauan: aiha-kulimi

Translations

dessert

Abkhaz: аршәы (arŝʷə)
Afrikaans: ys (af), roomys (af)
Ahtna: baluuʼ
Albanian: akullore (sq) f
Altai:
Southern Altai: тоҥдырма (toŋdïrma)
Amharic: አይስ ክሬም (ʾäys kərem)
Arabic: بُوظَة f (būẓa), آيْس كِرِيم m (ʔāys kirīm), مُثَلَّجَات f pl (muṯallajāt) جِيلَاتِيّ m (jīlātiyy), دُنْدُرْمَة f (dundurma)
Egyptian Arabic: أيس كريم m (áyes kerēm)

Gulf Arabic: بريد m (barrīd), برد m (barrid)

Hijazi Arabic: آيسكريم m (āyskrīm), أسْكِريم m (askirīm)

Iraqi Arabic: موطة f (moṭe)

Moroccan Arabic: جلاص f (glāṣ), ڭلاص f (glāṣ)

North Levantine Arabic: بوظة f (būẓa)

South Levantine Arabic: بوظة f (būẓa)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܠܝܼܕܵܐ m (glīda)
Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (paġpaġak), մառոժնի (maṙožni)
Assamese: আইচক্ৰিম (aisokrim)
Asturian: xeláu m
Azerbaijani: dondurma (az), marojna (colloquial)
Bashkir: туңдырма (tuñdırma)
Basque: izozkiak
Belarusian: маро́зіва n (maróziva), маро́жанае n (maróžanaje), лёды pl (ljódy)
Bengali: আইসক্রীম (aiśokrim), মালাই বরফ (malai boroph)
Bhojpuri: मलाई बर्फ (malāī barph)
Breton: skornenn f
Bulgarian: сладоле́д (bg) m (sladoléd)
Burmese: ရေခဲမုန့် (my) (rehkai:mun.)
Carpathian Rusyn: змерзли́на f (zmerzlýna)
Catalan: gelat (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎤᏅᏗ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳᏛ (unvdi unesdaladv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雪糕 (yue) (syut³ gou¹), 冰淇淋 (bing¹ kei⁴ lam^4-2)

Dungan: бинҗилин (binžilin)

Eastern Min: 冰淇淋 (bĭng-gì-lìng)

Hakka: 冰淇淋 (pîn-kî-lîn, pên-kî-lìn), 艾司庫淋 / 艾司库淋 (ái-sṳ-khu-lím)

Hokkien: 冰淇淋 (zh-min-nan) (peng-kî-lîm), 冰糕 (peng-ko), 霜糕 (sng-ko), 弓蕉冰 / 芎蕉冰 (keng-chio-peng, kin-chio-peng), 弓蕉霜 / 芎蕉霜 (keng-chio-sng, kin-chio-sng), 雞卵冰 / 鸡卵冰 (ke-nn̄g-peng, koe-nn̄g-peng), 雪糕 (soat-ko), 牛奶冰 (gû-leng-peng, gû-ni-peng, gû-lin-peng)

Mandarin: 冰淇淋 (zh) (bīngqílín), 雪糕 (zh) (xuěgāo), 冰糕 (zh) (bīnggāo), 冰激凌 (zh) (bīngjīlíng) (mainland China)

Wu: 冰淇淋 (¹pin-ji₆-lin₆), 冷飲 / 冷饮 (⁶lan-in)
Chuvash: сивлек (sivlek)
Cornish: dehen rew m
Crimean Tatar: dondurma
Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f
Danish: is (da) c
Dutch: roomijs (nl) n, ijs (nl) n
Esperanto: glaciaĵo (eo)
Estonian: jäätis (et)
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
French: (Quebec) crème glacée (fr) f, (France) glace (fr) f
Galician: xeado (gl) m
Georgian: ნაყინი (naq̇ini)
German: Eis (de) n, Eiscreme (de) f, Speiseeis (de) n
Alemannic German: Glassee n, Glasse f
Greek: παγωτό (el) n (pagotó)
Gujarati: કુલ્ફેમલાઈ f (kulphemlāī), દૂધઠાર m (dūdhṭhār)
Haitian Creole: krèm
Hawaiian: haukalima
Hebrew: גְּלִידָה (he) f (glidá)
Hindi: आइसक्रीम m (āiskrīm), हिममलाई (himamlāī), मलाईबर्फ़ f (malāībarf)
Hungarian: fagylalt (hu)
Icelandic: ís (is) m, rjómaís (is) m
Ido: glacio (io)
Indonesian: es krim (id), rumes (obsolete)
Interlingua: gelato
Irish: reoiteog f, uachtar reoite m
Italian: gelato (it) m
Japanese: アイスクリーム (ja) (aisukurīmu), アイス (ja) (aisu), 氷菓子 (ja) (こおりがし, kōrigashi)
Javanese: ès krim
Kabuverdianu: jeladu
Kalmyk: цардсн (tsardsn)
Kannada: ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ (ais krīm)
Kazakh: балмұздақ (balmūzdaq)
Khmer: ការ៉េម (kaareem)
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: лымвый (lymvyj)
Korean: 아이스크림 (ko) (aiseukeurim), 에스키모 (eseukimo) (genericized trademark, North Korea), 까까오 (kkakkao) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: bestenî (ku) f, dondirme (ku)
Kyrgyz: балмуздак (ky) (balmuzdak), тоңдурма (ky) (toŋdurma)
Lao: ກະແລັມ (ka læm), ກະແລມ (ka lǣm)
Latin: glaciēs edūlis f
Latvian: saldējums m
Lithuanian: ledai m pl
Luxembourgish: Glace (lb) f
Macedonian: сладолед (mk) m (sladoled)
Malagasy: ranomandry (mg)
Malay: aiskrim (ms)
Malayalam: ഐസ്‌ക്രീം (ais‌krīṁ)
Maltese: ġelat
Manx: key riojey m, key riojit m
Māori: aihikirīmi
Marathi: आइस्क्रीम (āiskrīm)
Marshallese: aijkudiim̧
Moksha: эйня (ejnä)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зайрмаг (mn) (zajrmag), мөхөөлдөс (mn) (möxööldös)
Navajo: abeʼ yistiní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: iskrem (no) m, is (no) m

Nynorsk: iskrem m, is m
Oriya: ଆଇସ୍କ୍ରିମ (āiskrima)
Pannonian Rusyn: сладоляд m (sladoljad)
Pashto: سړوپۍ f (saṛopǝy), شېريخ m (širyax)
Persian:
Dari: شِیرْیَخ (šīryax), آیْس کِرِیم (āys kirīm)

Iranian Persian: بَسْتَنی (bastani)
Plautdietsch: Iessschmaunt m
Pohnpeian: aiskurihm
Polish: lody nvir pl
Portuguese: (Portugal) gelado (pt) m, (Brazil) sorvete (pt) m
Punjabi: ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ f (āīsa karīm)
Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
Romansh: glatsch m
Russian: моро́женое (ru) n (moróženoje)
Sami:
Northern Sami: lákcajiekŋa
Samoan: aisakulimi (sm)
Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
Scottish Gaelic: reòiteag f, reòtagan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сла̏доле̄д m

Latin: slȁdolēd (sh) m
Sicilian: jilatu
Sinhalese: අයිස් ක්‍රීම් (si) (ayis krīm)
Slovak: zmrzlina f
Slovene: sladolẹ̑d (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zmarzlina f

Upper Sorbian: zmjerzlina f
Sotho: aesekerimi
Spanish: helado (es) m, (Mexico) nieve (es), sorbete (es) m (El Salvador)
Sundanese: és krim, éskrim, krim és
Swahili: aiskrimu
Swedish: glass (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠍꠇꠤꠞꠤꠝ (aisókirim)
Tagalog: sorbetes (tl), ayskrim
Tajik: яхмос (tg) (yaxmos), бастанӣ (bastani)
Tamil: ஐஸ் கிரீம் (ais kirīm), குளிர்களி (kuḷirkaḷi), பனிக்கூழ் (ta) (paṉikkūḻ)
Tatar: туңдырма (tuñdırma)
Telugu: ఐస్ క్రీమ్ (ais krīm)
Thai: ไอศกรีม (th) (ai-sà-griim), ไอติม (th) (ai-dtim)
Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་མངར་མོ (khyags pa mngar mo), འཁྱགས་པ་བྱི་རིལ ('khyags pa byi ril), འཁྱག་སྤྲི ('khyag spri), འཁྱགས་ཞོ ('khyags zho)
Tigrinya: ኣይስክሪም (ʾaysəkrim)
Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak
Ottoman Turkish: طوڭدرمه (doñdurma)
Turkmen: doňdurma
Ukrainian: моро́зиво (uk) n (morózyvo), моро́жене n (moróžene)
Urdu: آئِس کِرِیم m (āis kirīm)
Uyghur: ماروژنا (marozhna), ماروژنى (marozhni)
Uzbek: muzqaymoq (uz), muzday (uz), morojniy (uz)
Veps: jähine
Vietnamese: kem (vi)
Welsh: hufen iâ (cy)
Winnebago: nųųxgisu
Yiddish: אײַזקרעם m (ayzkrem), מאַראָזשענע f (marozhene), ליאָדעס pl (lyodes)
Yoruba: áísìkiriìmù
Zulu: u-ayisikhilimu class 1a/2a

as a portion

Afrikaans: draairoomys, draairoomyse pl, roomys (af), roomyse pl
Albanian: akullore (sq)
Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (paġpaġak)
Azerbaijani: dondurma (az)
Catalan: carapulla f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甜筒 (zh) (tiántǒng)
Chuvash: сивлек (sivlek)
Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f, nanuk (cs) m (on a stick)
Danish: isvaffel (da) c, vaffelis (da) c
Dutch: ijsje (nl) n, ijsco (nl)
Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
French: glace (fr) f
Galician: cornete (gl) m
German: Eis (de) n
Greek: παγωτό χωνάκι n (pagotó chonáki)
Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ גְּלִידָה (gavía glidá)
Hungarian: jégkrém (hu) (on a stick), fagylalt (hu) (in a cup or cone), fagyi (hu) (colloquial)
Icelandic: ís í brauði, ís í brauðformi
Irish: reoiteog, uachtar reoite
Japanese: アイスクリーム (ja) (aisukurīmu)
Kalmyk: цардсн (tsardsn)
Lao: ກະແລັມ (ka læm), ກະແລມ (ka lǣm)
Macedonian: сладолед (mk) m (sladoled)
Marshallese: aijkudiim̧
Polish: lód (pl) m inan
Portuguese: casquinha f (Brazil)
Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
Russian: моро́женое (ru) n (moróženoje)
Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
Sicilian: jilatu
Spanish: cucurucho (es) m
Swedish: glasstrut (sv) c, strutglass c
Thai: ไอศกรีม (th) (ai-sà-griim), ไอติม (th) (ai-dtim)
Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak, ambarbuz (dialectal)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Samogitian: ^{(please verify)} ledā
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} jilatu
Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} éskrim