glace

¹

[glas]

noun

Canadian chiefly Montreal.

1. ice placed in a drink to cool it.

glacé

²

[gla-sey]

1. frosted or iced, as cake.

2. candied, as fruits.

adjective

1. frozen.

2. finished with a gloss, as kid or silk.

verb (used with object)

glacéed, glacéing 

1. to make glacé.

glacé

/ ˈɡlæsɪ /

adjective

1. crystallized or candied

   glacé cherries

2. covered in icing

3. (of leather, silk, etc) having a glossy finish

4. frozen or iced

verb

1. (tr) to ice or candy (cakes, fruits, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of glace¹

< Canadian French, French: ice; glacé

Origin of glace²

1840–50; < French, past participle of glacer to freeze, derivative of glace ice < Latin glaciēs

Word History and Origins

Origin of glace¹

C19: from French glacé, literally: iced, from glacer to freeze, from glace ice, from Latin glaciēs

Example Sentences

If I were to be half-honest with you, I’d say that the experience of trying on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace when I was 4 was memorable for the realization that color was something you could wear and that I had a lifetime of finger-painting my face to look forward to.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve also become the person I imagined when I was 4, Raspberry Glace in hand: someone whose relationship with lip wear is a product of lifestyle, a mature proclivity rather than an amateur desire.

From Los Angeles Times

Canadian Ship Glace Bay is en route to the search area.

From Washington Times

It is a breathlessly lovely thing to look at, with exteriors filmed in Paris and interiors to match, as designed and dressed by Cecil Beaton; and the French have really extended themselves in providing traditionally great landmarks to meet the big-screen promise — the Bois on a Sunday afternoon, Maxim’s of “Merry Widow” fame, a restored Palais de Glace for skaters.

From Los Angeles Times

Leith likened his simple icing to a glacé of sugar and water; Lynch beamed and said, “You used a lot of words I don’t know, but they sound good, baby.”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• sticky 
• sweet 
• syrupy