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glace flottante - translation to English
1871 NOVEL BY JULES VERNE
Une Ville flottante; Une ville flottante
glace flottante
n. floe
petite montagne de glace flottante
n. growler
Definition
demi-glace
['d?m?glas]
(also demi-glaze)
¦ noun a rich, glossy brown sauce, typically flavoured with wine and served with meat.
Origin
Fr., lit. 'half glaze'.
Wikipedia
A Floating City
A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City (French: Une ville flottante), is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published in 1871 in France. At the time of its publication, the novel enjoyed a similar level of popularity as Around the World in Eighty Days. The first UK and US editions of the novel appeared in 1874. Jules Férat provided the original illustrations for the novel.
Examples of use of glace flottante
1. jeudi 02 février 2006 (Reuters – 21:50) ANCHORAGE, Etats–Unis – Un pétrolier a été percuté par de la glace flottante alors qu‘il était en cours de chargement dans une raffinerie d‘Alaska et une fuite de produits a été signalée apr';s son échouement sur la côte ŕ moins d‘un kilom';tre du port de Nikiski.