ices
The plural of "ice" is ices.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and ice follows this rule.
Meaning: frozen water, or a frozen sweet food (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with ices: the ices are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: ices'.
How do you pronounce it?
ice is pronounced /aɪs/. The plural ending sounds like /ɪz/, so the plural has one more syllable than the singular.
What mistakes should you avoid?
ice is uncountable when you mean frozen water: There is ice on the road. ices are frozen desserts.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- The cafe sells fruit ices.Singular: The cafe sells a fruit ice.
- The ices melted in the sun.Singular: The ice melted in the sun.
