ice cream
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/, /ˈaɪsˌkɹiːm/
- enPR: īs'krēm, IPA(key): /ˈaɪs.kɹiːm/
Audio (California): (file)
- enPR: īskrēm', IPA(key): /aɪsˈkɹiːm/
- Rhymes: -iːm
Noun
[edit]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.
- (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
[edit]- (dessert): iced cream (dated), frozen cow juice
- (in a wafer cone): cone, cornet, ice cream cone, ice-cream cornet
Derived terms
[edit]- astronaut ice cream
- dirty ice cream
- Eskimo ice cream
- French ice cream
- harlequin ice cream
- ice cream bar
- ice-cream bean
- ice creamer
- ice creamery
- ice cream headache
- ice-cream, ice cream chair
- ice cream, ice-cream cone
- ice cream, ice-cream parlor, ~ parlour
- ice-cream, ice cream social
- ice-cream, ice cream soda
- ice cream maker
- ice cream pop
- ice cream sandwich
- ice cream scoop
- ice cream shop
- ice-cream suit
- ice cream sundae
- ice cream truck
- ice cream van
- ice-creamy
- rolled ice cream
- space ice cream
- stir-fried ice cream
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: آيِس كِرِيم (ʔāyis kirīm)
- → Chinese: 冰淇淋
- → 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)
- → Maori: aihikirīmi
- → Malay: aiskrim
- → Niuean: aisikirīmi
- → Punjabi: ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ (āīsa karīm)
- → Swahili: aiskrimu
- → Tagalog: ayskrim
- → Tausug: ayskrim
- → Tokelauan: aiha-kulimi
Translations
[edit]dessert
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in a cone
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See also
[edit]Categories:
- English compound terms
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːm
- Rhymes:English/iːm/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English multiword terms
- English terms with usage examples
- English slang
- en:Ice cream