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# glace

«glace» in Mova's school dictionary: **Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (glacé); noun (glace — French)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m2)

3) Glacé leather is very shiny smooth leather. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x1)
- We made glacé icing with icing sugar and a little water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x2)
- The fruit cake was full of glacé cherries and raisins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x3)
- The glacé ginger tasted sweet and spicy. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/#x5)
- Her shoes were made of shiny glacé leather. [tree →](https://md.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».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «glace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/glace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.