glace
/ɡlas/
glace is the French word for ice cream.
The term refers to a frozen dessert made from sweetened cream or milk. When referring to a single serving of ice cream, you would use the feminine form une glace.
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun glace is feminine, which is why the feminine article une is used in the phrase une glace.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡlas/
Did you know?
- The word glace is a homonym that also means 'mirror'. If you see une glace on a wall in a French home, it is not a dessert but a reflective surface.
- The term glace royale describes a specific type of shiny sugar glaze used in pastry making rather than a royal flavor of ice cream.
- The word 'glace' shares a surprising linguistic ancestor with the English word 'glass', both tracing back to Germanic roots that describe transparent or reflective materials.
Examples in context
- Je voudrais une glace à la vanille, s'il vous plaîtI would like a vanilla ice cream, please
- On va manger des glaces après le dînerWe're going to have ice creams after dinner
- J'ai acheté des esquimaux pour le goûterI bought some ice cream bars for snack time
- Après une journée chaude, savourer une bonne glace est très rafraîchissant!After a hot day, enjoying a good ice cream is very refreshing!
- Je vous recommande leur crème glacée à la pistache, c'est délicieux!I recommend their pistachio ice cream, it's delicious!
- Je préfère manger un sorbet à la place d'une glace.I prefer eating a sorbet instead of an ice cream.
- Je voudrais une glace à la vanille.I would like a vanilla ice cream.
- Cette glace est délicieuse.This ice cream is delicious.
- Tu veux une glace au chocolat ?Do you want a chocolate ice cream?
Example conversation
Nathan and Manon are at a dessert shop.
- NathanTu veux manger une glace, Manon ?Do you want to eat an ice cream, Manon?
- ManonOui, j'en veux bien une !Yes, I would like one!
- NathanJe vais prendre une glace au chocolat.I am going to have a chocolate ice cream.
- ManonMoi, je préfère la vanille.Me, I prefer vanilla.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry glace, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries glace, CC BY-SA 4.0.
