See also: gelò and gêlo

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gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar

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Etymology

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From Latin gelu.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡelo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

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gelo (accusative singular gelon, plural geloj, accusative plural gelojn)

  1. (weather) frost
    Synonym: frosto

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: gè‧lo

Etymology 1

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From Latin gelū (frost, chill), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

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Noun

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gelo m (plural geli)

  1. intense cold
  2. frost
  3. cold weather
  4. icy water
  5. coldness (lack of enthusiasm etc.)
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  • Neapolitan: gelo

Etymology 2

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Form of the verb gelare (to freeze, chill)

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gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelare

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From gelū (frost) +‎ , from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). Cognate with Ancient Greek γελανδρόν (gelandrón).

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    gelō (present infinitive gelāre, perfect active gelāvī, supine gelātum); first conjugation

    1. to freeze, cause to congeal
    2. to frighten, petrify, cause to become rigid with fright

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       Conjugation of gelō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present gelō gelās gelat gelāmus gelātis gelant
    imperfect gelābam gelābās gelābat gelābāmus gelābātis gelābant
    future gelābō gelābis gelābit gelābimus gelābitis gelābunt
    perfect gelāvī gelāvistī gelāvit gelāvimus gelāvistis gelāvērunt,
    gelāvēre
    pluperfect gelāveram gelāverās gelāverat gelāverāmus gelāverātis gelāverant
    future perfect gelāverō gelāveris gelāverit gelāverimus gelāveritis gelāverint
    passive present gelor gelāris,
    gelāre
    gelātur gelāmur gelāminī gelantur
    imperfect gelābar gelābāris,
    gelābāre
    gelābātur gelābāmur gelābāminī gelābantur
    future gelābor gelāberis,
    gelābere
    gelābitur gelābimur gelābiminī gelābuntur
    perfect gelātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect gelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect gelātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present gelem gelēs gelet gelēmus gelētis gelent
    imperfect gelārem gelārēs gelāret gelārēmus gelārētis gelārent
    perfect gelāverim gelāverīs gelāverit gelāverīmus gelāverītis gelāverint
    pluperfect gelāvissem gelāvissēs gelāvisset gelāvissēmus gelāvissētis gelāvissent
    passive present geler gelēris,
    gelēre
    gelētur gelēmur gelēminī gelentur
    imperfect gelārer gelārēris,
    gelārēre
    gelārētur gelārēmur gelārēminī gelārentur
    perfect gelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect gelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present gelā gelāte
    future gelātō gelātō gelātōte gelantō
    passive present gelāre gelāminī
    future gelātor gelātor gelantor
    non-finite forms active passive
    present perfect future present perfect future
    infinitives gelāre gelāvisse gelātūrum esse gelārī gelātum esse gelātum īrī
    participles gelāns gelātūrus gelātus gelandus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    gelandī gelandō gelandum gelandō gelātum gelātū

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    References

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    • gelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • gelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • gelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

    Neapolitan

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian gelo, from Latin gelū. The alternative form above represents the native Neapolitan outcome.

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    gelo m (plural [please provide])

    1. frost (on the vegetation especially)
    2. cold (relatively intense cold)

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    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 383: “il gelo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

    Old High German

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, whence also Old English geolu.

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    gelo

    1. yellow

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    Old Saxon

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, whence also Old English geolu.

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    gelo

    1. yellow

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese gelo, borrowed from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). Displaced the inherited Old Portuguese geo.

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    • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

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    gelo m (plural gelos)

    1. (uncountable) ice (frozen water)
    2. a cube or chunk of ice
    3. (informal) coldness; cold (low temperature)
      Synonym: frio
    4. (figurative) chill (a sudden sense of fear or anxiety)
    5. (figurative) coldness (lack of emotion)
      Synonym: frieza
    6. (figurative) a very cool place
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    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: djelu
    • Kabuverdianu: gelu

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    gelo (invariable)

    1. whose colour is a shade of white like that of ice

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

    Verb

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    gelo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar