ice cream

See also: icecream and ice-cream

English

Strawberry ice cream with strawberries.

Alternative forms

• ice-cream, icecream

Etymology

First recorded as iced cream, from iced +‎ cream.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/
• 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 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?

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• Japanese: アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)
• Korean: 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)
• Maori: aihikirīmi

Derived terms

• ice cream truck
• ice cream van

Translations

dessert

• Abkhaz: аршәы (ārš°ə)
• Afrikaans: ys (af), roomys (af)
• Albanian: akullore (sq) f
• Amharic: አይስ ክሬም (ʾäys krem)
• Arabic: بُوظَة‎ f (būẓa), آيْس كِرِيم‎ m (ʾāys kirīm), جِيلَاتِيّ‎ m (jīlātiyy), دُنْدُرْمَة‎ f (dundurma)

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

  Morocco: لجلاس‎ (laḡlas)

• Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (pałpałak), մառոժնի (maṙožni)
• Assamese: আইচক্ৰিম (aisokrim)
• Asturian: xeláu m
• Azerbaijani: dondurma (az), marojna (colloquial)
• Bashkir: туңдырма (tuñdïrma)
• Basque: izozkiak
• Belarusian: маро́зіва n (maróziva), маро́жанае n (maróžanaje)
• Bengali: আইসক্রীম (aiśôkrim), মালাই বরফ (malai bôrôph)
• Bhojpuri: मलाई बर्फ (malāī barph)
• Breton: skornenn f
• Bulgarian: сладоле́д m (sladoléd)
• Burmese: ရေခဲမုန့် (my) (rehkai:mun.)
• Catalan: gelat (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎤᏅᏗ ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳᏛ (unvdi unesdaladv)
• Chinese:

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

  Dungan: бинҗилин (binžilin)

  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 Dong: 冰淇淋 (bĭng-gì-lìng)

  Min Nan: 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)

  Wu: 冰淇淋 (pin jji lin)

• Chuvash: сивлек (sivlek)
• Crimean Tatar: dondurma
• Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f
• Danish: is (da) c
• Dutch: roomijs (nl) 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 (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
• Hebrew: גְּלִידָה‎ (he) f (glidá)
• Hindi: हिममलाई (himamlāī), मलाईबर्फ़ (malāībarf), आइसक्रीम (āisakrīm)
• Hungarian: fagylalt (hu)
• Icelandic: ís (is) m, rjómaís (is) m
• Ido: glacio (io)
• Indonesian: es krim (id)
• 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)
• Kabuverdianu: jeladu
• Kalmyk: цардсн (tsardsn)
• Kannada: ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ (ais krīm)
• Kazakh: балмұздақ (kk) (balmuzdaq)
• Khmer: ការ៉េម (kaareem)
• Komi-Zyrian: лымвый (lymvyj)

• Korean: 아이스크림 (ko) (aiseukeurim), 아이스케이크 (ko) (aiseukeikeu) (chiefly North Korea), 얼음과자 (ko) (eoreumgwaja) (chiefly North Korea), 얼음보숭이 (ko) (eoreumbosung-i) (rare, North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bestenî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: мороженое (ky) (morocenoye), морожний (morocniy), балмуздак (ky) (balmuzdak), тоңдурма (ky) (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: сладолед m (sladoled)
• Malagasy: ranomandry (mg)
• Malay: aiskrim (ms)
• Malayalam: ഐസ്‌ക്രീം (ais‌krīṃ)
• Maltese: ġelat
• Manx: key riojey m, key riojit m
• Maori: aihikirīmi
• Marathi: आइस्क्रीम (āiskrīm)
• Moksha: эйня (ejnja)
• Mongolian: зайрмаг (mn) (zajrmag), мөхөөлдөс (mn) (möhööldös)
• Navajo: abeʼ yistiní
• Northern Sami: lákcajiekŋa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iskrem (no) m, is (no) m

  Nynorsk: iskrem m, is m

• Ottoman Turkish: طوڭدیرمه‎
• Pashto: سړوپۍ‎ f (saṛopǝy)
• Persian: بستنی‎ (fa) (bastani)
• Plautdietsch: Iessschmaunt m
• Polish: lody (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: gelado (pt) m (Portugal), sorvete (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
• Romansch: glatsch m
• Russian: моро́женое (ru) n (moróženoje)
• Rusyn: змерзли́на f (zmerzlýna)
• Samoan: aisakulimi (sm)
• Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
• Scottish Gaelic: reòiteag f, reòtagan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сла̏доле̄д m

  Roman: slȁdolēd (sh) m

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

  Lower Sorbian: zmarzlina f

• Sotho: aesekerimi
• Spanish: helado (es) m, (Mexico) nieve (es), sorbete (es) m (El Salvador)
• Swahili: aiskrimu
• Swedish: glass (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠍꠇꠤꠞꠤꠝ (aisókirim)
• Tagalog: sorbetes (tl)
• Tajik: яхмос (tg) (yaxmos)
• 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)
• Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak
• Turkmen: doňdurma
• Ukrainian: моро́зиво n (morózyvo), моро́жене n (moróžene)
• Urdu: آئس کریم‎ (ā'is krīm)
• Uyghur: ماروژنا‎ (marozhna), ماروژنى‎ (marozhni)
• Uzbek: muzqaymoq (uz), muzday (uz), morojniy (uz)
• Veps: jähine
• Vietnamese: kem (vi)
• Welsh: hufen iâ (cy)
• Yiddish: אײַזקרעם‎ m (ayzkrem)
• Zulu: u-ayisikhilimu 1a or 2a

in a cone

• Afrikaans: draairoomys, draairoomyse pl, roomys (af), roomyse pl
• Albanian: akullore (sq)
• Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (pałpałak)
• 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)
• Macedonian: сладолед m (sladoled)
• Polish: lód (pl) m, lód w rożku m (in a cone), lód na patyku m (on a stick)
• Portuguese: casquinha f
• Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
• Russian: мороженое (ru) n (moroženoje)
• Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
• Spanish: cucurucho (es) m
• Swedish: glasstrut (sv) c, strutglass c
• Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak, ambarbuz (dialectal)

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 Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

• Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} éskrim

See also

• ice cream on Wikipedia.Wikipedia