🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fête de la crème glacée

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fêt də la krɛm ɡlase

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ice cream social/ˈaɪs kriːm ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'école a organisé une fête de la crème glacée pour les élèves."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A social gathering or party where ice cream is served as the primary refreshment.

    "The neighborhood association hosted an ice cream social to help residents get to know each other."
  2. 2

    A community event often organized for fundraising or welcoming new members.

    "Families gathered on the lawn for the annual school ice cream social."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'ice cream', derived from earlier 'iced cream' dating to the 17th century, and 'social', used as a noun since the 19th century in North America to denote a friendly gathering. This specific compound became a popular staple of community, church, and school events in the United States and Canada during the late Victorian era.

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🇫🇷French → English

fête de la crème glacée

Transliteration: fêt də la krɛm ɡlase

"L'école a organisé une fête de la crème glacée pour les élèves."

🇩🇪German → English

Eisparty

Transliteration: ˈaɪsˌpaʁti

"Die Nachbarschaft veranstaltete eine gemütliche Eisparty im Park."

🇮🇹Italian → English

festa del gelato

Transliteration: ˈfɛsta del dʒeˈlato

"Hanno organizzato una festa del gelato per celebrare l'estate."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

fiesta de helados

Transliteration: ˈfjesta ðe eˈlaðos

"La comunidad organizó una fiesta de helados este fin de semana."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

festa de sorvete

Transliteration: ˈfɛstɐ dʒi soʁˈvetʃi

"As crianças adoraram a festa de sorvete na escola."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आइसक्रीम पार्टी

Transliteration: āīskrīm pārṭī

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"समुदाय ने गर्मियों में एक आइसक्रीम पार्टी का आयोजन किया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

冰淇淋社交聚会

Transliteration: bīng qī lín shè jiāo jù huì

Script: 中文汉字

"社区组织了一场冰淇淋社交聚会以增进邻里关系。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

아이스크림 파티

Transliteration: aiseu-keurim pati

Script: 한국어 한글

"학교에서 학생들을 위한 아이스크림 파티를 열었습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

アイスクリームパーティー

Transliteration: aisukuriimu paatii

Script: 日本語

"近所の住民たちがアイスクリームパーティーに集まった。"

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