Eis
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) ice
- (Austria,Germany,neuter,strong) ice cream
Concepts
brittienglannissa joskus myös ice
Synonyms
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɪ̯s/
Etymology
From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French glace.
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Ei
- (neuter,strong) egg (all biological senses)
- (neuter,strong) something egg-shaped
- (informal,neuter,plural-normally,strong) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
- (colloquial,in-plural,neuter,strong) bucks (money)
- (colloquial,derogatory,mildly,neuter,strong,usually,vocative) clown; foolish bloke
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