geler

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːlər

Adjective

geler

1. comparative degree of geel

Anagrams

• leger, regel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.le/
• Homophones: gelai, gelé, gelée, gelées, gelés, gelez

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Verb

geler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to freeze
2. (impersonal, weather) to be very cold

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il gèle and the third-person singular future indicative il gèlera.

Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	geler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gelant /ʒə.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gelé /ʒə.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gèle /ʒɛl/	gèles /ʒɛl/	gèle /ʒɛl/	gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/	gelez /ʒə.le/	gèlent /ʒɛl/
	imperfect	gelais /ʒə.lɛ/	gelais /ʒə.lɛ/	gelait /ʒə.lɛ/	gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/	geliez /ʒə.lje/	gelaient /ʒə.lɛ/
	past historic2	gelai /ʒə.le/	gelas /ʒə.la/	gela /ʒə.la/	gelâmes /ʒə.lam/	gelâtes /ʒə.lat/	gelèrent /ʒə.lɛʁ/
	future	gèlerai /ʒɛl.ʁe/	gèleras /ʒɛl.ʁa/	gèlera /ʒɛl.ʁa/	gèlerons /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/	gèlerez /ʒɛl.ʁe/	gèleront /ʒɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	gèlerais /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	gèlerait /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/	gèlerions /ʒɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	gèleriez /ʒɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʒe.lə.ʁje/	gèleraient /ʒɛl.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	gèle /ʒɛl/	gèles /ʒɛl/	gèle /ʒɛl/	gelions /ʒə.ljɔ̃/	geliez /ʒə.lje/	gèlent /ʒɛl/
	imperfect2	gelasse /ʒə.las/	gelasses /ʒə.las/	gelât /ʒə.la/	gelassions /ʒə.la.sjɔ̃/	gelassiez /ʒə.la.sje/	gelassent /ʒə.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gèle /ʒɛl/	—	gelons /ʒə.lɔ̃/	gelez /ʒə.le/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• geler à pierre fendre
• dégeler

Related terms

• congeler
• gel
• gelée
• gelif
• gelure
• regeler

 

Descendants

• → German: gelieren

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• grêle, grêlé, léger, règle, réglé

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

geler

1. comparative degree of gel
2. inflection of gel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ler/, [ˈɡɛɫ̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ler/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːler]

Verb

geler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gelō

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gelāre.

Verb

geler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to freeze
2. (intransitive or reflexive) to be very cold

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-iels, *-ielt are modified to ieus, ieut. This verb has a stressed present stem giel distinct from the unstressed stem gel. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of geler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		geler			avoir gelé
gerund		en gelant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		gelant
past participle		gelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	giel	gieles	giele	gelons	gelez	gielent
	imperfect	geloie, geleie, geloe, geleve	geloies, geleies, geloes, geleves	geloit, geleit, gelot, geleve	geliiens, geliens	geliiez, geliez	geloient, geleient, geloent, gelevent
	preterite	gelai	gelas	gela	gelames	gelastes	gelerent
	future	gelerai	geleras	gelera	gelerons	geleroiz, gelereiz, gelerez	geleront
	conditional	geleroie, gelereie	geleroies, gelereies	geleroit, gelereit	geleriiens, geleriens	geleriiez, geleriez	geleroient, gelereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	giel	gieus	gieut	gelons	gelez	gielent
	imperfect	gelasse	gelasses	gelast	gelissons, gelissiens	gelissoiz, gelissez, gelissiez	gelassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	giele	—	gelons	gelez	—

Derived terms

• gelee

Descendants

• French: geler
• Norman: g'ler, g'laïr
• Walloon: djaler
• → Middle English: gelen, gellyn
  • English: geal
  • Scots: geal, jeel