gelée

See also: gelee, Gelee, and gélée

French

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of geler (compare Latin gelāta). Compare Italian gelata, Spanish helada, Portuguese geada, Catalan gelada.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒə.le/
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Rhymes: -e

Noun

gelée f (plural gelées)

frost
jelly (wobbly food)
jelly-like substance

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Danish: gelé
→ German: Gelee
→ Norwegian Bokmål: gelé
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: gelé
→ Polish: żel
→ Portuguese: geleia
→ Swedish: gelé
→ Turkish: jöle

Participle

gelée f sg

feminine singular of the past participle of geler

Further reading

“gelée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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