English Online Dictionary. What means ice? What does ice mean?
Translingual
Symbol
ice
- (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Icelandic.
English
Etymology
From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /aɪs/
- (Canada, many US accents) IPA(key): [ʌɪs]
- Rhymes: -aɪs
Noun
ice (countable and uncountable, plural ices)
- (uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form.
- 1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake"
- It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject.
- (uncountable, physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- (uncountable, astronomy) 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.
- (countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
- (UK, countable, dated) An ice cream.
- (uncountable) Any substance having the appearance of ice.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more diamonds and jewelry, especially blood diamonds.
- (uncountable, slang, drugs) Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
- (uncountable, ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
- 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
- The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.
- 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
- (uncountable, slang) Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
- (uncountable, slang) An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
- (slang) Money paid as a bribe.
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Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
ice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced)
- (transitive) To cool with ice, as a beverage.
- (intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.
- (transitive) To make icy; to freeze.
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
- (ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
- Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
- (ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
- If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Ice”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “ice”, in Mindat.org[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- CEI, EIC, IEC
Hausa
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from a Saharan language; compare Dazaga idi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔí.t͡ʃèː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔɪ́.t͡ʃèː]
Noun
icḕ m (possessed form icèn)
- wood
- tree
- stick
Latin
Verb
īce
- second-person singular present active imperative of īciō
Manchu
Romanization
ice
- Romanization of ᡳᠴᡝ
Middle English
Noun
ice (uncountable)
- Alternative form of is (“ice”)
Portuguese
Verb
ice
- inflection of içar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Salar
Alternative forms
- ica
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ēče. Cognate with Turkish ece, Turkmen eje (“mother”), Shor иче, etc.
Pronunciation
- (Mengda, Chahandusi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [iʝɑ]
- (Mengda, Ejia, Daowei, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʝe]
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Ejia, Daowei, Qingshui, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʝi]
- (Qingshui, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʝæ]
- (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʝy]
- (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʒe], [iʒɑ]
- (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʒi]
- (Wajiang zhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [iʒu]
- (Qingshui, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [itʃi], [itʃa]
Noun
ice (3rd person possessive icesi, plural iceler)
- mother
- Synonym: ama
References
- Potanin, G.N. (1893), “иджа”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “ica, ice, icü...”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 335, 336, 342
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “iʝɑ”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 117
- 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs][4], China Salar Youth League, page 3-4
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “idʒɑ”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 126
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “ija”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 137
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “ijɑ”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 271
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈiθe/ [ˈi.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈise/ [ˈi.se]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ise
- Syllabification: i‧ce
- Homophone: hice
Verb
ice
- inflection of izar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative