Meanings
plural ice creams · alternative ice-cream · alternative icecream
- uncountableA dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
We were having chocolate ice cream.
3 more examples
Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.
‘Do I pay you to stand there magging or to deliver ice-cream?’ the boss roared.
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 71There’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Ninja Creami by now. The original version of the ice cream maker has been around since 2021, but thanks to TikTok, it’s been one of the buzziest kitchen appliances lately.
2025 July 11, Amina Lake Patel, “I’ve used the Ninja Creami Deluxe ice cream maker that’s all over TikTok for a year. Here’s my review”, in CNNSynonyms: iced cream, frozen cow juice
- countableA portion 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: cone, cornet, ice cream cone, ice-cream cornet
- slanguncountableThe drug methamphetamine.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
nounA portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato. Compare also Low German Iescreem, Ieskreem (“ice cream”), German Eiscreme (“ice cream”), Norwegian iskrem (“ice cream”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ys, roomys
- ysdessert
- roomysdessert
- draairoomysas a portion
- draairoomyseas a portion
- roomysas a portion
- roomyseas a portion
Arabic بُوظَة, آيْس كِرِيم
- بُوظَة (būẓa)dessert
- آيْس كِرِيم (ʔāys kirīm)dessert
- مُثَلَّجَات f pl جِيلَاتِيّ (muṯallajāt)dessert
- دُنْدُرْمَة (dundurma)dessert
Basque izozkiak
- izozkiakdessert
Bengali আইসক্রীম, মালাই বরফ
- আইসক্রীম (aiśokrim)dessert
- মালাই বরফ (malai boroph)dessert
Bulgarian сладоле́д
- сладоле́д (sladoléd)dessert
Catalan gelat, carapulla
- gelatdessert
- carapullaas a portion
Chinese Cantonese 雪糕, 冰淇淋
- 雪糕 (syut³ gou¹)dessert
- 冰淇淋dessert
Chinese Mandarin 冰淇淋, 雪糕
- 冰淇淋 (bīngqílín)dessert
- 雪糕 (xuěgāo)dessert
- 冰糕 (bīnggāo)dessert
- 冰激凌 (bīngjīlíng)dessert
- 甜筒 (tiántǒng)as a portion
Czech zmrzlina, zmrzlina
- zmrzlinadessert
- zmrzlinaas a portion
- nanukas a portion
Danish is, isvaffel
- isdessert
- isvaffelas a portion
- vaffelisas a portion
Dutch roomijs, ijs
- roomijsdessert
- ijsdessert
- ijsjeas a portion
- ijscoas a portion
Esperanto glaciaĵo
- glaciaĵodessert
Estonian jäätis
- jäätisdessert
Finnish jäätelö, jäätelö
- jäätelödessert
- jäätelöas a portion
French crème glacée, glace
- crème glacéedessert
- glacedessert
- glaceas a portion
German Eis, Eiscreme
- Eisdessert
- Eiscremedessert
- Speiseeisdessert
- Eisas a portion
Greek παγωτό, παγωτό χωνάκι
- παγωτό (pagotó)dessert
- παγωτό χωνάκι (pagotó chonáki)as a portion
Hawaiian haukalima
- haukalimadessert
Hebrew גְּלִידָה, גָּבִיעַ גְּלִידָה
- גְּלִידָה (glidá)dessert
- גָּבִיעַ גְּלִידָה (gavía glidá)as a portion
Hindi आइसक्रीम, हिममलाई
- आइसक्रीम (āiskrīm)dessert
- हिममलाई (himamlāī)dessert
- मलाईबर्फ़ (malāībarf)dessert
Hungarian fagylalt, jégkrém
- fagylaltdessert
- jégkrémas a portion
- fagylaltas a portion
- fagyias a portion
Icelandic ís, rjómaís
- ísdessert
- rjómaísdessert
- ís í brauðias a portion
- ís í brauðformias a portion
Indonesian es krim, rumes
- es krimdessert
- rumesdessert
Irish reoiteog, uachtar reoite
- reoiteogdessert
- uachtar reoitedessert
- reoiteogas a portion
- uachtar reoiteas a portion
Italian gelato
- gelatodessert
Japanese アイスクリーム, アイス
- アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)dessert
- アイス (aisu)dessert
- 氷菓子 (kōrigashi)dessert
- アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu)as a portion
Korean 아이스크림, 에스키모
- 아이스크림 (aiseukeurim)dessert
- 에스키모 (eseukimo)dessert
- 까까오 (kkakkao)dessert
Latin glaciēs edūlis
- glaciēs edūlisdessert
Latvian saldējums
- saldējumsdessert
Lithuanian ledai
- ledaidessert
Malay aiskrim
- aiskrimdessert
Māori aihikirīmi
- aihikirīmidessert
Norwegian Bokmål iskrem, is
- iskremdessert
- isdessert
Polish lody, lód
- lodydessert
- lódas a portion
Portuguese gelado, sorvete
- geladodessert
- sorvetedessert
- casquinhaas a portion
Punjabi ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ
- ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ (āīsa karīm)dessert
Romanian înghețată, înghețată
- înghețatădessert
- înghețatăas a portion
Russian моро́женое, моро́женое
- моро́женое (moróženoje)dessert
- моро́женое (moróženoje)as a portion
Scottish Gaelic reòiteag, reòtagan
- reòiteagdessert
- reòtagandessert
Slovak zmrzlina
- zmrzlinadessert
Spanish helado, nieve
- heladodessert
- nievedessert
- sorbetedessert
- cucuruchoas a portion
Swahili aiskrimu
- aiskrimudessert
Swedish glass, glasstrut
- glassdessert
- glasstrutas a portion
- strutglassas a portion
Tagalog sorbetes, ayskrim
- sorbetesdessert
- ayskrimdessert
Tamil ஐஸ் கிரீம், குளிர்களி
- ஐஸ் கிரீம் (ais kirīm)dessert
- குளிர்களி (kuḷirkaḷi)dessert
- பனிக்கூழ் (paṉikkūḻ)dessert
Thai ไอศกรีม, ไอติม
- ไอศกรีม (ai-sà-griim)dessert
- ไอติม (ai-dtim)dessert
- ไอศกรีม (ai-sà-griim)as a portion
- ไอติม (ai-dtim)as a portion
Turkish dondurma, buzkaymak
- dondurmadessert
- buzkaymakdessert
- dondurmaas a portion
- buzkaymakas a portion
- ambarbuzas a portion
Ukrainian моро́зиво, моро́жене
- моро́зиво (morózyvo)dessert
- моро́жене (moróžene)dessert
Urdu آئِس کِرِیم
- آئِس کِرِیم (āis kirīm)dessert
Vietnamese kem
- kemdessert
Welsh hufen iâ
- hufen iâdessert
Yiddish אײַזקרעם, מאַראָזשענע
- אײַזקרעם (ayzkrem)dessert
- מאַראָזשענע (marozhene)dessert
- ליאָדעס (lyodes)dessert
Zulu u-ayisikhilimu class 1a/2a
- u-ayisikhilimu class 1a/2adessert
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ice cream
Cite this entry
ice cream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cream
“ice cream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cream. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ice cream,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cream.
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