Glace
[glas] /glæs/
noun, Canadian chiefly Montreal.
1.
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
[gla-sey] /glæˈseɪ/
1.
frosted or iced, as cake.
2.
candied, as fruits.
adjective
3.
.
4.
finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.
verb (used with object), glacéed, glacéing.
5.
to make glacé.
/ˈɡlæsɪ/
adjective
1.
crystallized or candied: glacé cherries
2.
covered in icing
3.
(of leather, silk, etc) having a glossy finish
4.
(mainly US) frozen or iced
verb -cés, -céing, -céed
5.
(transitive) to ice or candy (cakes, fruits, etc)
adj.
“having a smooth, polished surface,” 1847, from French glacé, past participle of glacer “to ice, give a gloss to,” from Vulgar Latin *glaciare “to turn or make into ice,” from Latin glacies “ice” (see glacial).
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