ice

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Signification (Anglais)

1. Water in frozen (solid) form.
2. Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
3. Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
4. Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
5. The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
6. Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
7. A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
8. An ice cream.
9. (obsolete) An individual piece of ice.
10. (slang) Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
11. (slang) An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
12. (slang) Money paid as a bribe.
13. (slang) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
14. (slang) One or more diamonds.

glace

calotte glacière

ice

crème-glacée

glace à l’eau

Methedrine

deoxyephedrine

methamphetamine hydrochloride

refrigerate

rotten ice

frozen water

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aɪs/

From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”). Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Íes, West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish is; also Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ (yax), Northern Kurdish qeş. Superseded non-native Middle English glace (“ice”), borrowed from Old French glace (“ice”).