Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
quatuor de glace
English translation:
quartet of ice-cream
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Jul 7, 2015 16:28
8 yrs ago
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French term
Quator de glace
French to English
Marketing
Cooking / Culinary
Ice cream Recipes/Presentation
I know what it means, but I cannot think of an adequate term in English. Is there a used term for this outside France, please?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | quartet of ice-cream |
Tony M
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| 3 +3 | ice cream foursome |
Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
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Proposed translations
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quartet of ice-cream
Or of course 'cool quartet'!
We do after all say 'a trio of...' so why not?
Of course, one assumes it is 4 different flavours — so maybe 'quartet of flavours' would be OK, as long as it were under an overall heading of 'Ice-creams & Sorbets', of course!
'4-way ice-cream sundae' might be another avenue to explore — or comfort food fort hought, at any rate ;-)
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Note added at 17 heures (2015-07-08 09:42:33 GMT)
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I don't know at what point an 'x-some' becomes an orgy, but in view of the clearly indulgent nature of this dessert, how about 'an orgy of ice-cream'?
The mention of 'four' may or may not be necessary, depending on whether or not it goes on to say "choose any 4 flavours" etc.
Only joking, really — but I have seen similarly 'jokey' descriptions used in certain contexts. And cf. "When Harry Met Sally"...
We do after all say 'a trio of...' so why not?
Of course, one assumes it is 4 different flavours — so maybe 'quartet of flavours' would be OK, as long as it were under an overall heading of 'Ice-creams & Sorbets', of course!
'4-way ice-cream sundae' might be another avenue to explore — or comfort food fort hought, at any rate ;-)
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Note added at 17 heures (2015-07-08 09:42:33 GMT)
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I don't know at what point an 'x-some' becomes an orgy, but in view of the clearly indulgent nature of this dessert, how about 'an orgy of ice-cream'?
The mention of 'four' may or may not be necessary, depending on whether or not it goes on to say "choose any 4 flavours" etc.
Only joking, really — but I have seen similarly 'jokey' descriptions used in certain contexts. And cf. "When Harry Met Sally"...
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Tony, I like "4-way ice cream sundae" a lot! |
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Victoria Britten
: I, too, prefer "quartet" to "foursome", but would prefer to put "ice cream" first - as in "string/vocal/... quartet".
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Thx, Victoria! I agree for music; but 'a duo of...' 'a trio of...' is almost de rigueur in food, as likewise 'fillet of cod', 'loin of pork' etc. And to me, inverting the word order sounds faintly comical — as if they might melt while playing... :-)
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Fanny Gendrau
: or perhaps "ice cream quartet" instead? https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19950628&id=...
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Comment: "Thank you, Tony!"
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43 mins
Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
Native in French
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English
Works in field
Master's degree in Law, accurate
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: Italian to French, English to French
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ice cream foursome
C'est ce que j'ai vu dans un petit établissement à Toronto la semaine dernière
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philgoddard
: Or quartet. And you're right about the spelling.
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Thanks Phil
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Tony M
: Sounds a bit too "9½ Weeks" to be safe unless in a tongue-in-cheek kind of establishment.
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I guess that inside an ice cream parlour, or during a golf game, "9½ Weeks" doesn't come to mind
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: quatUor ...
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Thanks 1045
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writeaway
: but already suggested by Verginia in the dbox. It's a bit far-fetched imo.
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Edgar Bettridge
: I doubt this would fit even the context we have - quatuor is quite pretentious, foursome is not.
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Susan Monnereau
: quatUor ??
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Victoria Britten
: This doesn't sufficiently echo the original, to my taste.
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Discussion
It's up to the translator to figure out the term. After all, that's who has all the necessary context.