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Borrowed from Italian gelato (ice cream), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (frost, chill), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

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Italian gelato with two tower-shaped biscuits

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gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)

  1. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

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From Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (frost, chill), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). By surface analysis, gelo (frost, cold) +‎ -ato (past participle suffix).

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈla.to/
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  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ge‧là‧to

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gelato (feminine gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)

  1. past participle of gelare

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gelato (feminine gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)

  1. icy, frozen, very cold
    Synonyms: freddissimo, gelido, ghiacciato
    Antonyms: ardente, bollente, caldissimo, cocente, incandescente, rovente

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gelato m (plural gelati)

  1. (also uncountable) ice cream, gelato

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gelātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gelātus