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)

1. frost
2. jelly (wobbly food)
3. jelly-like substance

Derived terms

• gelée blanche
• gelée royale

Descendants

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

Participle

gelée f sg

1. 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.