Eye ball shape, plural or singular

Question

Why is it singular for "globe oculaire?"  The English phrase would seem to be "in the shape of eye balls" since glaçons is plural.  It would be a bit strange to write in English "eye ball shaped ice cream scoops."  There are just too many qualifiers of scoops, IMHO.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Hi Richard, 
You could actually write both but I prefer the singular form as each 'glaçon' is in the shape of an eyeball.
Hope this helps!

Céline Pickard · Answer

Bonjour Richard,
We have now added "globes oculaires" as a possible alternative.
Take a look at a previous answer on a similar question:
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I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !

Paul Fisquet · Answer

Also Richard, the "glaçons" here are ice cubes, not scoops of ice-cream (which I think might be something like "boules de glace")