ice cream

See also: icecream and ice-cream

English

Strawberry ice cream with strawberries.

Alternative forms

ice-cream, icecream

Etymology

First recorded as iced cream, from iced +‎ cream.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/
enPR: īs'krēm, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪs.kɹiːm/
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enPR: īskrēm', IPA^(key): /aɪsˈkɹiːm/

Noun

ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams)

(uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.
(countable) A snack consisting of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.
Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?

Synonyms

(dessert): iced cream (dated), frozen cow juice
(in a wafer cone): cone, cornet, ice cream cone, ice-cream cornet

Descendants

Japanese: アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)
Korean: 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)
Maori: aihikirīmi

Translations

dessert

Abkhaz: аршәы (ārš°ə)
Afrikaans: ys (af), roomys (af)
Albanian: akullore (sq) f
Amharic: አይስ ክሬም (ʾäys krem)
Arabic: مُثَلَّجَات‎ f pl (muṯallajāt), بُوظَة‎ f (būẓa), آيْس كِرِيم‎ m (ʾāys kirīm), جِيلَاتِيّ‎ m (jīlātiyy), دُنْدُرْمَة‎ f (dundurma)
Morocco: لجلاس‎ (laḡlas)
Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (pałpałak), մառոժնի (maṙožni)
Assamese: আইচক্ৰিম (aisokrim)
Asturian: xeláu m
Azerbaijani: dondurma (az), marojna (coll.)
Bashkir: туңдырма (tuñdïrma)
Basque: izozkiak
Belarusian: маро́зіва n (maróziva), маро́жанае n (maróžanaje)
Bengali: আইসক্রীম (aisôkrīm)
Breton: skornenn f
Bulgarian: сладоле́д m (sladoléd)
Burmese: ရေခဲမုန့် (my) (rehkai:mun.)
Catalan: gelat (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎳᏗᏍᏔᏅᎯᎤᏅᏗ (unesdaladistanvhiunvdi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雪糕 (yue) (syut³ gou¹), 冰淇淋 (bing¹ kei⁴ lam⁴)

Dungan: бинҗилин (binžilin)

Hakka: 冰淇淋 (pîn-kî-lîn, pên-kî-lìn), 艾司庫淋 (ái-sṳ-khu-lím)

Mandarin: 冰淇淋 (zh) (bīngqílín), 雪糕 (zh) (xuěgāo), 冰糕 (zh) (bīnggāo), 冰激凌 (zh) (bīngjīlíng) (mainland China)

Min Dong: 冰淇淋 (bĭng-gì-lìng)

Min Nan: 冰淇淋 (zh-min-nan) (peng-kî-lîm), 冰糕 (peng-ko), 霜糕 (sng-ko), 弓蕉冰, 芎蕉冰 (keng-chio-peng, kin-chio-peng), 弓蕉霜, 芎蕉霜 (keng-chio-sng, kin-chio-sng), 雞卵冰, 鸡卵冰 (ke-nn̄g-peng, koe-nn̄g-peng), 雪糕 (soat-ko), 牛奶冰 (gû-leng-peng, gû-ni-peng, gû-lin-peng)

Wu: 冰淇淋 (pin jji lin)
Chuvash: сивлек (sivlek)
Crimean Tatar: dondurma
Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f
Danish: is (da) c
Dutch: roomijs (nl) n, ijs (nl) n
Esperanto: glaciaĵo
Estonian: jäätis (et)
Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
French: crème glacée (fr) f, (France) glace (fr) f
Galician: xeado (gl) m
Georgian: ნაყინი (naq̇ini)
German: Eis (de) n, Eiscreme (de) f, Speiseeis (de) n
Alemannic German: Glassee n, Glasse f
Greek: παγωτό (el) n (pagotó)
Gujarati: કુલ્ફેમલાઈ f (kulphemlāī), દૂધઠાર m (dūdhṭhār)
Haitian Creole: krèm
Hebrew: גְּלִידָה‎ (he) f (glidá)
Hindi: हिममलाई (himamlāī), मलाईबर्फ़ (malāībarf), आइसक्रीम (āisakrīm)
Hungarian: fagylalt (hu)
Icelandic: ís (is) m, rjómaís (is) m
Ido: glacio (io)
Indonesian: es krim (id)
Interlingua: gelato
Irish: reoiteog f, uachtar reoite m
Italian: gelato (it) m
Japanese: アイスクリーム (ja) (aisukurīmu), アイス (ja) (aisu)
Kabuverdianu: jeladu
Kalmyk: цардсн (tsardsn)
Kannada: ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ (ais krīm)
Kazakh: балмұздақ (kk) (balmuzdaq)
Khmer: ការ៉េម (kaareem)
Komi-Zyrian: лымвый (lymvyj)
Korean: 아이스크림 (ko) (aiseukeurim), 얼음과자 (ko) (eoreumgwaja) (chiefly North Korea), 얼음보숭이 (ko) (eoreumbosung-i) (rare, North Korea)
Kyrgyz: мороженое (ky) (morocenoye), морожний (morocniy), балмуздак (ky) (balmuzdak), тоңдурма (ky) (toñdurma)
Lao: ສີຄີມກ້ອນ (sikhim kon), ນ້ຳກ້ອນ (nam kǭn)

Latin: glacies crepito m
Latvian: saldējums m
Lithuanian: ledai m pl
Luxembourgish: Glace (lb) f
Macedonian: сладолед m (sladoled)
Malagasy: ranomandry (mg)
Malay: aiskrim (ms)
Malayalam: ഐസ്‌ക്രീം (ais‌krīṃ)
Maltese: ġelat
Manx: key riojey m, key riojit m
Maori: aihikirīmi
Marathi: आइस्क्रीम (āiskrīm)
Moksha: эйня (ejnja)
Mongolian: зайрмаг (mn) (zajrmag)
Navajo: abeʼ yistiní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: iskrem (no) m, is (no) m

Nynorsk: iskrem m, is m
Ottoman Turkish: طوڭدیرمه‎
Pashto: سړوپۍ‎ f (saṛopǝy)
Persian: بستنی‎ (fa) (bastani)
Polish: lody (pl) m pl
Portuguese: gelado (pt) m (Portugal), sorvete (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
Romansch: glatsch m
Russian: моро́женое (ru) n (moróženoje)
Rusyn: змерзли́на f (zmerzlýna)
Samoan: aisakulimi (sm)
Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
Scottish Gaelic: reòiteag f, reòtagan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сладолед m

Roman: sladoled (sh) m
Sinhalese: අයිස් ක්‍රීම් (ayis k‍rīm)
Slovak: zmrzlina f
Slovene: sladoled (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zmarzlina f
Sotho: aesekerimi
Spanish: helado (es) m, (Mexico) nieve (es), sorbete (es) m (El Salvador)
Swahili: aiskrimu
Swedish: glass (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠍꠇꠤꠞꠤꠝ (aiskirim)
Tagalog: sorbetes (tl)
Tajik: яхмос (tg) (yaxmos)
Tamil: ஐஸ் கிரீம் (ais kirīm)
Tatar: туңдырма (tuñdırma)
Telugu: ఐస్ క్రీమ్ (ais krīm)
Thai: ไอศกรีม (th) (ai-sà-griim), ไอติม (th) (ai-dtim)
Tibetan: ཁྱགས་པ་མངར་མོ (khyags pa mngar mo)
Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak
Turkmen: dongdurma
Ukrainian: моро́зиво n (morózyvo), моро́жене n (moróžene)
Urdu: آئس کریم‎ (ā'is krīm)
Uyghur: ماروژنا‎ (marozhna), ماروژنى‎ (marozhni)
Uzbek: muzqaymoq (uz), muzday (uz), morojniy (uz)
Veps: jähine
Vietnamese: kem (vi)
Welsh: hufen iâ (cy)
Yiddish: אײַזקרעם‎ m (ayzkrem)
Zulu: u-ayisikhilimu class 1a/2a

in a cone

Afrikaans: draairoomys, draairoomyse pl, roomys (af), roomyse pl
Albanian: akullore (sq)
Armenian: պաղպաղակ (hy) (pałpałak)
Azerbaijani: dondurma (az)
Catalan: carapulla f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甜筒 (zh) (tiántǒng)
Chuvash: сивлек (sivlek)
Czech: zmrzlina (cs) f, nanuk (cs) m (on a stick)
Danish: isvaffel (da) c, vaffelis (da) c
Dutch: ijsje (nl) n
Finnish: jäätelö (fi)
French: glace (fr) f
Galician: cornete (gl) m
German: Eis (de) n
Greek: παγωτό χωνάκι n (pagotó chonáki)

Hebrew: גָּבִיעַ גְּלִידָה‎ (gavía glidá)
Hungarian: jégkrém (hu) (on a stick), fagylalt (hu) (in a cup or cone), fagyi (hu) (colloquial)
Icelandic: ís í brauði, ís í brauðformi
Irish: reoiteog, uachtar reoite
Japanese: アイスクリーム (ja) (aisukurīmu)
Kalmyk: цардсн (tsardsn)
Macedonian: сладолед m (sladoled)
Polish: lód (pl) m, lód w rożku m (in a cone), lód na patyku m (on a stick)
Portuguese: casquinha f
Romanian: înghețată (ro) f
Russian: мороженое (ru) n (moroženoje)
Sanskrit: पयोहिम n (payohima)
Spanish: cucurucho (es) m
Swedish: glasstrut (sv) c, strutglass c
Turkish: dondurma (tr), buzkaymak, ambarbuz (dialectal)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Samogitian: ^{(please verify)} ledā
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} jilatu

Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} éskrim