Meanings
popsicle1
plural popsicles
- CanadaPhilippinesUSFrozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like on a stick.
“I think this is the hottest day I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Ikumi Cooray, 25, said Friday, waiting for a tram in Melbourne as a popsicle melted in her hand.
2019 January 26, James Tarabay, “Across Australia, Yet Another Scorching Summer”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2019 - figurativelySomething cold or frozen.
Turn up the thermostat! We're all turning into popsicles in here!
Popsicle2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
popsicle · noun
From the trade name Popsicle, a blend of pop (“father”) + Epsicle (original trade name), itself a blend of Epperson (surname of the inventor) + icicle.
Full word history & related roots →Popsicle · noun
Blend of pop (“father”) + Epsicle, from Epperson + icicle. Named after Frank Epperson, its inventor. The inventor's children renamed it Popsicle, from Pop's 'sicle.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دُنْدُرْمَة
- دُنْدُرْمَة (dundurma)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Bulgarian ле́дена близа́лка
- ле́дена близа́лка (lédena blizálka)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Catalan gelat de gel
- gelat de gelfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Chinese Cantonese 雪條 /雪条
- 雪條 /雪条frozen juice &c. on a stick
Chinese Mandarin 冰棍, 冰棍兒 /冰棍儿
- 冰棍 (bīnggùn)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- 冰棍兒 /冰棍儿 (bīnggùnr)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- 冰棒 (bīngbàng)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Danish sodavandsis, ispind
- sodavandsisfrozen juice &c. on a stick
- ispindfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Dutch waterijs
- waterijsfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Finnish mehujääpuikko, mehujää
- mehujääpuikkofrozen juice &c. on a stick
- mehujääfrozen juice &c. on a stick
French sucette glacée
- sucette glacéefrozen juice &c. on a stick
German Eis am Stiel, Stieleis
- Eis am Stielfrozen juice &c. on a stick
- Stieleisfrozen juice &c. on a stick
- Wassereisfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Hebrew אַרְטִיק, קרטיב
- אַרְטִיק (artík)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- קרטיב (kartív)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- ארטיק קרח (artík keráḥ)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- קרחון (karḥon)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Hungarian jégkrém
- jégkrémfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Icelandic íspinni, frostpinni
- íspinnifrozen juice &c. on a stick
- frostpinnifrozen juice &c. on a stick
Italian ghiacciolo
- ghiacciolofrozen juice &c. on a stick
Japanese アイスキャンディー, アイスケーキ
- アイスキャンディー (aisu kyandī)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- アイスケーキ (aisu kēki)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Korean 아이스 캔디
- 아이스 캔디 (aiseu kaendi)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Latin glaciatus conus
- glaciatus conusfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Malay ais loli
- ais lolifrozen juice &c. on a stick
Māori poro tio
- poro tiofrozen juice &c. on a stick
Norwegian saftis, ispinne
- saftisfrozen juice &c. on a stick
- ispinnefrozen juice &c. on a stick
Polish lód na patyku
- lód na patykufrozen juice &c. on a stick
Portuguese picolé
- picoléfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Romanian înghețată pe băț
- înghețată pe bățfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Russian фрукто́вое моро́женое, фрукто́вый лёд
- фрукто́вое моро́женое (fruktóvoje moróženoje)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- фрукто́вый лёд (fruktóvyj ljod)frozen juice &c. on a stick
Spanish helado (de agua), paleta
- helado (de agua)frozen juice &c. on a stick
- paletafrozen juice &c. on a stick
- polofrozen juice &c. on a stick
- lolifrozen juice &c. on a stick
- picoléfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Swedish isglasspinne, isglass
- isglasspinnefrozen juice &c. on a stick
- isglassfrozen juice &c. on a stick
Vietnamese kem que
- kem quefrozen juice &c. on a stick
Cite this entry
popsicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popsicle
“popsicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popsicle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “popsicle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popsicle.
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