deice

See also: de-ice

English

Alternative forms

• de-ice

Etymology

From de- +‎ ice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈaɪs/

Verb

deice (third-person singular simple present deices, present participle deicing, simple past and past participle deiced)

1. (transitive) To remove the ice from something.

   They had to move the plane back from the runway to de-ice the wings before takeoff.

   • 2020 May 6, “Advertisement feature: Preparing for climate change”, in Rail, page 43:

     The second strategy is to develop specific care and maintenance rules that will need to be strictly followed by the system operator - including the use of specialised machines to clear the permanent way of snowfall, to de-ice the rail grooves and the running of non-revenue services at night to prevent ice formation on the OCL [overhead contact lines].

2. (intransitive) To lose its ice; to thaw.
   • 1996, Jan Karon, A light in the window:

     Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.

Derived terms

• deicer

Translations

remove ice

• Danish: afise (da), afisning c (noun)
• Finnish: poistaa jää
• French: déglacer (fr)
• German: enteisen (de)
• Irish: dí-oighrigh
• Italian: sghiacciare (it)
• Swedish: avisa (sv)

See also

• defrost

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛcɪ/

Noun

deice f sg

1. genitive singular of deic

Mutation

Mutated forms of deice

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deice	dheice	ndeice

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deice”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deice”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deice”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Latin

Verb

dēice

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēiciō

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deice f sg

1. genitive singular of deic

Mutation

Mutation of deice

radical	lenition
deice	dheice

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.