ice cream

§English

Strawberry ice cream with strawberries.

§Alternative forms

• ice-cream, icecream

§Etymology

iced + cream.

§Pronunciation

• enPR: īs'krēm, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪs.kɹiːm/

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• enPR: īskrēm', IPA^(key): /aɪsˈkɹiːm/

§Noun

ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams)

1. (uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.

   Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.

2. (countable) A snack consisting of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.

   Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?

§Synonyms

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

§Translations

dessert

• Abkhaz: аршәы (ārš°ə)
• Afrikaans: ys, roomys
• Albanian: akullore (sq) f
• Arabic: مُثَلَّجَات f pl (muṯallajāt), بُوظَة f (būẓa), آيْس كِرِيم m (ʾāys kirīm), جِيلَاتِي m (jīlātī), دُنْدُرْمَة f (dundurma)

  Morocco: لجلاس (laḡlas)

• Armenian: պաղպաղակ (pałpałak), մառոժնի (maṙožni)
• Asturian: xeláu m
• Azeri: dondurma (az)
• Bashkir: туңдырма (tuñdïrma)
• Basque: izozkiak
• Belarusian: маро́зіва n (maróziva), маро́жанае n (maróžanaje)
• Bengali: আইসক্রীম (a'isakrim)
• Breton: skornenn f
• Bulgarian: сладоле́д m (sladoléd)
• Burmese: ရေခဲမုန့် (my) (rehkai:mun.)
• Catalan: gelat (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳᏗᏍᏔᏅᎯᎤᏅᏗ (unesdaladistanvhiunvdi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雪糕 (syut³ gou¹), 冰淇淋 (bing¹ kei⁴ lam⁴⁻²)

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

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

  Min Nan: 冰淇淋 (zh-min-nan) (peng-kî-lîm), 冰糕 (peng-ko), 霜糕 (sng-ko), 芎蕉冰 (keng-chio-peng/kin-chio-peng), 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), ^{(please verify)} アイスクリーム (ai55 sirh3 khu33 lin51 mu11)

• Crimean Tatar: dondurma
• Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f
• Danish: is (da) c, flødeis (da) c
• Dutch: roomijs n, ijs (nl) n
• Esperanto: glaciaĵo
• Estonian: jäätis (et)
• Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
• French: crème glacée (fr) f, (France) glace (fr) f
• Galician: xeado (gl) m
• Georgian: ნაყინი (naqini)
• German: Eis (de) n, Eiscreme (de) f, Speiseeis (de) n
• Greek: παγωτό (el) n (pagotó)
• Gujarati: આઈસ્ક્રીમ m (ā'īskrīm)
• Haitian Creole: krèm
• Hebrew: גְּלִידָה (he) f (glidá)
• Hindi: हिममलाई (himamlāī), मलाईबर्फ़ (malāībarf), आइसक्रीम (āisakrīm)
• Hungarian: fagylalt (hu)
• Icelandic: ís (is) m, rjómaís (is) m
• Indonesian: es krim (id)
• 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)
• Kannada: ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ (ais krīm)
• Kazakh: балмұздақ (balmuzdaq)
• Khmer: ការ៉េម (karem)
• Komi-Zyrian: лымвый (lymvyj)
• Korean: 아이스크림 (ko) (aiseukeurim), 얼음보숭이 (eoreumbosung-i) (rare, North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: мороженое (morocenoye), морожний (morocniy), балмуздак (balmuzdak), тоңдурма (toñdurma)

• Lao: ສີຄີມ​ກ້ອນ (sī khīm kǭn), ນ້ຳກ້ອນ (nam kǭn)
• Latin: glacies crepito m
• Latvian: saldējums m
• Lithuanian: ledai m pl
• Luxembourgish: Glace (lb) f
• Macedonian: сла́долед m (sládoled)
• Malagasy: ranomandry (mg)
• Malay: aiskrim
• Malayalam: ഐസ്‌ക്രീം (ais‌krīṃ)
• Maltese: ġelat
• Manx: key riojey m, key riojit m
• Maori: aihikiriimi
• Marathi: आइस्क्रीम (āiskrīm)
• Moksha: эйня (ejnja)
• Mongolian: цэцгийн мэхээлдэс (mn) (tsetsgijn meheeldes)
• Navajo: abeʼ yistiní
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iskrem (no) m, is (no) m

  Nynorsk: iskrem m, is m

• Persian: بستنی (fa) (bastani)
• Polish: lody m pl
• Portuguese: gelado (pt) m (Portugal), sorvete (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
• Romansch: glatsch m
• Russian: моро́женое (ru) n (moróženoje)
• Samoan: aisakulimi
• Scottish Gaelic: reòiteag f, reòtagan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сладолед m

  Roman: sladoled (sh) m

• Sinhalese: අයිස් ක්‍රීම් (ayis k‍rīm)
• Slovak: zmrzlina f
• Slovene: sladoled (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zmarzlina f

• Sotho: aesekerimi
• Spanish: helado (es) m, (Mexico) nieve (es)
• Swahili: aiskrimu
• Swedish: glass (sv) c
• Tagalog: sorbetes (tl)
• Tajik: яхмос (yaxmos)
• Tamil: ஐஸ் கிரீம் (ais kirīm)
• Tatar: туңдырма (tuñdırma)
• Telugu: ఐస్ క్రీమ్ (ais krīm)
• Thai: ไอศกรีม (th) (ai-sà-greem)
• Turkish: dondurma (tr)
• Turkmen: dongdurma
• Ukrainian: моро́зиво n (morózyvo), моро́жене n (moróžene)
• Urdu: آئس کریم (ā'is krīm)
• Uyghur: ماروژنا (marozhna)
• Uzbek: muzqaymoq (uz), muzday (uz)
• Veps: jähine
• Vietnamese: kem (vi)
• Welsh: hufen iâ (cy)
• Yiddish: אײַזקרעם m (ayzkrem)
• Zulu: u-ayisikhilimu class 1a/2a

in a cone

• Afrikaans: draairoomys, draairoomyse pl, roomys, roomyse pl
• Albanian: akullore (sq)
• Armenian: պաղպաղակ (pałpałak)
• Azeri: dondurma (az)
• Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f
• Danish: is (da) c, vaffelis (da) c, isvaffel (da) c
• Dutch: ijsje (nl) n
• Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
• German: Eis (de) n

• Greek: παγωτό χωνάκι n (pagotó chonáki)
• Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ גְּלִידָה (gavía glidá)
• Icelandic: ís (is) m, rjómaís (is) m
• Irish: reoiteog, uachtar reoite
• Japanese: アイスクリーム (ja) (aisukurīmu)
• Portuguese: casquinha f
• Swedish: glasstrut (sv) c, strutglass c
• Turkish: dondurma (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

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

§See also

• Ice cream on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia