gel

gel

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English

Etymology 1

Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jĕl, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛl/, [d͡ʒɛɫ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Homophones: jel, jell

Noun

gel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)

  1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
  2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
Derived terms
Translations
See also

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

Verb

gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

  1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
  2. (intransitive) To become a gel.
  3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.
    He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.
  4. (intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.
    We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
Translations

See also

  • aerosol
  • colloid
  • emulsion
  • foam
  • sol

Etymology 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gĕl, IPA(key): /ɡɛl/

Noun

gel (plural gels)

  1. (British, slang) A girl.

Anagrams

  • ELG, ElG, leg, leg.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan gel, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɛl]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈd͡ʒɛl]

Noun

gel m (plural gels)

  1. ice
    Synonym: glaç
  2. gel

Related terms

  • gelar

Further reading

  • “gel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “gel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “gel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “gel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology

From English gel.

Pronunciation

Verb

gel

  1. (Cantonese) to gel
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) to be overconfident in one's predictions

Derived terms

See also

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • ghéel (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German gël, from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”). Cognate with German gelb, English yellow.

Adjective

gel

  1. (Luserna) yellow

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛl/, /dʒɛl/

Noun

gel m or n (plural gels)

  1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
  2. gel (cosmetic preparation)

Anagrams

  • leg

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeːl/

Adjective

gel

  1. yellow

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", compare English gel; compare gélatine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛl/

Noun

gel m (plural gels)

  1. frost
    Synonym: givre
  2. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
  3. gel (cosmetic preparation)
  4. (colloquialism, Canada) fall freeze
    1. (seasons, time) freeze-up, one of the 6 seasons of high latitudes; the freeze.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

  • glace

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

gel (strong nominative masculine singular geler, comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)

Declension

German Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeːl/

Adjective

gel

  1. Alternative spelling of geel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɛːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

gel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)

  1. gel

Declension

Nalca

Noun

gel

  1. woman
  2. wife

Old French

Alternative forms

  • jel

Contraction

gel

  1. Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲel/

Adjective

gel

  1. bright
  2. clear
  3. white

Declension

Derived terms

  • aingel

Descendants

  • Irish: geal
  • Manx: gial
  • Scottish Gaelic: geal

Mutation

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Verb

gel

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of gala

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English gāl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”).

Adjective

gēl (comparative gēloro, superlative gēlost)

  1. wanton, lustful; wicked

Declension




Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gel.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: gel

Noun

gel m (plural géis or geles)

  1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gel.

Noun

gel n (plural geluri)

  1. gel

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From gelatina or borrowed from French gel. Compare English gel, gelatine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxel/ [ˈxel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: gel

Noun

gel m (plural geles)

  1. gel (semi-solid colloid of a solid and a liquid)
  2. gel (cosmetic gel, especially body wash)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English girl.

Noun

gel

  1. girl

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟɛl/, [ɟæl]

Verb

gel

  1. second-person singular imperative of gelmek

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