Meanings
nounsoft serve (countable and uncountable, plural soft serves)
plural soft serves
- countableuncountableA frozen dessert or snack, similar to or considered as ice cream but softer, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.
Synonyms: soft ice cream
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA frozen dessert or snack, similar to or considered as ice cream but softer, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.
Similar
soft ice cream
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 軟雪糕 /软雪糕
- 軟雪糕 /软雪糕 (jyun⁵ syut⁸ gou¹)frozen dessert
Chinese Mandarin 軟冰淇淋 /软冰淇淋, 霜淇淋
- 軟冰淇淋 /软冰淇淋 (ruǎn bīngqílín)frozen dessert
- 霜淇淋 (shuāngqílín)frozen dessert
- 軟雪糕 /软雪糕 (ruǎnxuěgāo)frozen dessert
- 軟冰糕 /软冰糕 (ruǎnbīnggāo)frozen dessert
Czech točená zmrzlina
- točená zmrzlinafrozen dessert
Danish softice
- softicefrozen dessert
Dutch softijs
- softijsfrozen dessert
Finnish pehmis, pehmojäätelö
- pehmisfrozen dessert
- pehmojäätelöfrozen dessert
- pehmytfrozen dessert
- pehmytjäätelöfrozen dessert
- soft icefrozen dessert
- softisfrozen dessert
French glace italienne, glace à l’italienne
- glace italiennefrozen dessert
- glace à l’italiennefrozen dessert
German Softeis
- Softeisfrozen dessert
Hebrew גלידה אמריקאית
- גלידה אמריקאית (glída amerikáit)frozen dessert
Italian gelato alla spina, gelato espresso
- gelato alla spinafrozen dessert
- gelato espressofrozen dessert
- gelato softfrozen dessert
Japanese ソフトクリーム
- ソフトクリーム (sofuto kurīmu)frozen dessert
Korean 소프트 아이스크림, 소프트 크림
- 소프트 아이스크림 (sopeuteu aiseukeurim)frozen dessert
- 소프트 크림 (sopeuteu keurim)frozen dessert
Norwegian Bokmål softis
- softisfrozen dessert
Polish lody włoskie
- lody włoskiefrozen dessert
Portuguese sorvete italiano
- sorvete italianofrozen dessert
Russian со́футо-кури́му, мя́гкое моро́женое
- со́футо-кури́му (sófuto-kurímu)frozen dessert
- мя́гкое моро́женое (mjáxkoje moróženoje)frozen dessert
Spanish helado suave, helado blando
- helado suavefrozen dessert
- helado blandofrozen dessert
Swedish mjukglass
- mjukglassfrozen dessert
Thai ซอฟต์เสิร์ฟ
- ซอฟต์เสิร์ฟ (sôf sèrf)frozen dessert
Cite this entry
APA
soft serve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20serve
MLA
“soft serve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20serve. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft serve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20serve.
Source: soft serve on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.