Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/ɡlas/

Line drawing of glace
Coloured illustration of glace
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Translation

ice, ice cream, mirror

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin glacia, from Latin glacies ('ice'). The same root gives English glacier and glacial.

Origin
Latin
Root
glacies
English cognates
glacier, glacial

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralglaces

Examples

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Do you want a strawberry or chocolate ice cream?

, .

Careful, there is ice on the road this morning.

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She looks at herself in the mirror before going out.

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The children want an ice cream after lunch.

, couverte .

Careful, the road is covered in ice this morning.

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This word is part of lesson 21.