azúcar glasé
Spanish
Etymology
The spelling of the second term comes from phonemically pronouncing the French term glace (/ɡlas/) as /ɡlaˈse/, from French sucre glace.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌθukaɾ ɡlaˈse/ [aˌθu.kaɾ ɣ̞laˈse] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aˌsukaɾ ɡlaˈse/ [aˌsu.kaɾ ɣ̞laˈse] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧zú‧car gla‧sé
Noun
azúcar glasé m or f same meaning (plural azúcares glasé)
- alternative form of azúcar glas
Further reading
- “azúcar glas, o azúcar glasé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024