gel
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editgel
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editEnglish
editEtymology 1
editCoined 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”). For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)
- A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
- Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
- A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
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editFor more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids
Verb
editgel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)
- (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
- 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
- It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.
- (intransitive) To become a gel.
- (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.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.
- We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
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editEtymology 2
editImitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: gĕl, IPA(key): /ɡɛl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editgel (plural gels)
- (British, slang) A girl.
- 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
- "Now pray don't be troublesome, my dear gel," said Uncle Andrew.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan gel, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgel m (plural gels)
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editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editgel
- (Cantonese) to gel
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) to predict with confidence
Derived terms
editSee also
editCimbrian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editgel
References
edit- 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
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgel m or n (plural gels)
Anagrams
editDutch Low Saxon
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editAdjective
editgel
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", compare English gel; compare gélatine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgel m (plural gels)
- frost
- Synonym: givre
- gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
- gel (cosmetic preparation)
- (colloquialism, Canada) fall freeze
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Persian: ژل (žel)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “gel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editgel (strong nominative masculine singular geler, comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist gel | sie ist gel | es ist gel | sie sind gel | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | geler | gele | geles | gele |
genitive | gelen | geler | gelen | geler | |
dative | gelem | geler | gelem | gelen | |
accusative | gelen | gele | geles | gele | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gele | die gele | das gele | die gelen |
genitive | des gelen | der gelen | des gelen | der gelen | |
dative | dem gelen | der gelen | dem gelen | den gelen | |
accusative | den gelen | die gele | das gele | die gelen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein geler | eine gele | ein geles | (keine) gelen |
genitive | eines gelen | einer gelen | eines gelen | (keiner) gelen | |
dative | einem gelen | einer gelen | einem gelen | (keinen) gelen | |
accusative | einen gelen | eine gele | ein geles | (keine) gelen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist geler | sie ist geler | es ist geler | sie sind geler | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gelerer | gelere | geleres | gelere |
genitive | geleren | gelerer | geleren | gelerer | |
dative | gelerem | gelerer | gelerem | geleren | |
accusative | geleren | gelere | geleres | gelere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gelere | die gelere | das gelere | die geleren |
genitive | des geleren | der geleren | des geleren | der geleren | |
dative | dem geleren | der geleren | dem geleren | den geleren | |
accusative | den geleren | die gelere | das gelere | die geleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gelerer | eine gelere | ein geleres | (keine) geleren |
genitive | eines geleren | einer geleren | eines geleren | (keiner) geleren | |
dative | einem geleren | einer geleren | einem geleren | (keinen) geleren | |
accusative | einen geleren | eine gelere | ein geleres | (keine) geleren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am gelsten | sie ist am gelsten | es ist am gelsten | sie sind am gelsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gelster | gelste | gelstes | gelste |
genitive | gelsten | gelster | gelsten | gelster | |
dative | gelstem | gelster | gelstem | gelsten | |
accusative | gelsten | gelste | gelstes | gelste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gelste | die gelste | das gelste | die gelsten |
genitive | des gelsten | der gelsten | des gelsten | der gelsten | |
dative | dem gelsten | der gelsten | dem gelsten | den gelsten | |
accusative | den gelsten | die gelste | das gelste | die gelsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gelster | eine gelste | ein gelstes | (keine) gelsten |
genitive | eines gelsten | einer gelsten | eines gelsten | (keiner) gelsten | |
dative | einem gelsten | einer gelsten | einem gelsten | (keinen) gelsten | |
accusative | einen gelsten | eine gelste | ein gelstes | (keine) gelsten |
German Low German
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editgel
- Alternative spelling of geel
Icelandic
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editNoun
editgel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)
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editNalca
editNoun
editgel
Old French
editAlternative forms
editContraction
editgel
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgel
Declension
edito/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | gel | gel | gel |
Vocative | gil* gel** | ||
Accusative | gel | gil | |
Genitive | gil | gile | gil |
Dative | giul | gil | giul |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | gil | gela | |
Vocative | gilu gela† | ||
Accusative | gilu gela† | ||
Genitive | gel | ||
Dative | gelaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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gel | gel pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngel |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse
editVerb
editgel
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editgēl (comparative gēloro, superlative gēlost)
Declension
editStrong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gēl | gēle, gēla | gēl | gēla | gēl | gēl, gēla |
accusative | gēlan, gēlen | gēla, gēle | gēla | gēla | gēl | gēl, gēla |
genitive | gēles, gēlas | gēlaro, gēloro, gēlero | gēlara, gēlaro | gēlaro, gēloro, gēlero | gēles, gēlas | gēlaro, gēloro, gēlero |
dative | gēlumu, gēlum, gēlun, gēlun, gēlon, gēlen, gēlan | gēlun, gēlon, gēlum | gēlaro, gēlaru, gēlara | gēlun, gēlon | gēlumu, gēlum, gēlun, gēlun, gēlon, gēlen, gēlan | gēlun, gēlon, gēlum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gēlo, gēla | gēlon, gēlun | gēla, gēle | gēlon, gēlun, gēlan | gēla, gēle | gēlon, gēlun |
accusative | gēlon, gēlan | gēlon, gēlun | gēlun, gēlon, gēlan | gēlon, gēlun, gēlan | gēla, gēle | gēlon, gēlun |
genitive | gēlen, gēlan | gēlono, gēleno | gēlun, gēlan, gēlen | gēlono | gēlen, gēlan | gēlono, gēleno |
dative | gēlon, gēlen, gēlan | gēlon, gēlun | gēlun, gēlan | gēlon, gēlun | gēlon, gēlen, gēlan | gēlon, gēlun |
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gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | gēloro, gēlora | gēloron, gēlorun | gēlora, gēlore | gēloron, gēlorun, gēloran | gēlora, gēlore | gēloron, gēlorun |
accusative | gēloron, gēloran | gēloron, gēlorun | gēlorun, gēloron, gēloran | gēloron, gēlorun, gēloran | gēlora, gēlore | gēloron, gēlorun |
genitive | gēloren, gēloran | gēlorono, gēloreno | gēlorun, gēloran, gēloren | gēlorono | gēloren, gēloran | gēlorono, gēloreno |
dative | gēloron, gēloren, gēloran | gēloron, gēlorun | gēlorun, gēloran | gēloron, gēlorun | gēloron, gēloren, gēloran | gēloron, gēlorun |
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
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Noun
edit- gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
References
edit- ^ “gel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editgel n (plural geluri)
Declension
editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom gelatina or borrowed from French gel. Compare English gel, gelatine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgel m (plural geles)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editNoun
editgel
Turkish
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editgel
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl
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