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# glace

adjective (glacé); noun (glace — French)

«glace» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as cherries, that has been cooked in sugar syrup so it is shiny and sweet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m1)
2. Glacé icing is a simple runny icing made from icing sugar and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m2)
3. Glacé leather is very shiny smooth leather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m3)
4. (French) «Glace» is the French word for ice or ice cream, said «glass». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking and in the kitchen, glacé cherries are bright red sweet cherries put in fruit cakes and on top of buns. Glacé icing is spread on cupcakes and biscuits. In French lessons, «une glace» means an ice cream. Phrases: glacé cherries, glacé icing, glacé ginger.

### Examples

- Grandma put glacé cherries on top of the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x1)
- We made glacé icing with icing sugar and a little water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x2)
- The fruit cake was full of glacé cherries and raisins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x3)
- The glacé ginger tasted sweet and spicy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x4)
- (French) «Je voudrais une glace» means «I would like an ice cream». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x5)
- Her shoes were made of shiny glacé leather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x6)

### Note

The proper English spelling has an accent: glacé, said «GLASS-ay». Written without the accent, «glace» is also the French word for ice or ice cream, said «glass». Do not confuse with «glance» (a quick look) or «glacier».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «glace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«glace» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glace.html) on Mova free.