gele

See also: Gele, gelé, gèle, gelê, gėle, gėlė, and gėlę

English

A Yoruba woman wearing a gele

Alternative forms

• gelee

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba gèlè.

Noun

gele (plural gele or geles)

1. A traditional head tie native to Yoruba women of West Africa (Nigeria, Benin and Togo).
   • 2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     At recent parades of nations women on the Indian team have worn saris, and on the Nigerian one geles. Caribbean contingents can be relied on for color.

Further reading

• gele (head tie) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɪə.lə/

Adjective

gele

1. attributive form of geel

Bambara

Noun

gele

1. African mesquite (Prosopis africana)

Danish

Alternative forms

• gelé

Etymology

From French gelée, from Latin gelātus (“frozen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjele/, [ɕeˈle]
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

gele c (singular definite geleen, plural indefinite geleer)

1. jelly
2. gel

Inflection

Declension of gele

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gele	geleen	geleer	geleerne
genitive	geles	geleens	geleers	geleernes

Derived terms

• geleagtig, geléagtig

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːlə
• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.lə/

Adjective

gele

1. inflection of geel:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Anagrams

• egel, geel, leeg, lege

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

gele

1. inflection of gel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Indonesian

Noun

gele (first-person possessive geleku, second-person possessive gelemu, third-person possessive gelenya)

1. marijuana

Middle English

Alternative forms

• jelyf, gelly, gelye, gelle, gelee, gely

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gelee (“frost”), from Early Medieval Latin gelāta. Equivalent to gelen +‎ -e (participial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛˈleː/, /ˈdʒɛːleː/

Noun

gele (plural gelees)

1. A jelly made from the stock of meats or a meal it is part of.
2. (medicine) A jelly used as a pharmaceutical.
3. Any jelly or something that resembles it.

Related terms

• gelen

Descendants

• English: jelly
• Scots: jeely

References

• “ǧelẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.

Niuean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋeːleː/

Verb

gele

1. start crying

Derived terms

• gegele

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural geleer, definite plural geleene)

1. alternative spelling of gelé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural gelear, definite plural geleane)

1. alternative spelling of gelé

Portuguese

Verb

gele

1. inflection of gelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.l̪e/

Verb

gele

1. (stative) to be blunt

Conjugation

Conjugation of gele (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigele	migele	agele
2nd person		nigele	figele
3rd person	inanimate	igele	digele
	animate	magele
imperative		—, gele	—, gele

Alternative forms

• gegele

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Obìnrin t'ó ń we gèlè.

Etymology

Probably from Hausa gyàlè (“shawl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡè.lè/

Noun

gèlè

1. a woman's headwrap

   we gèlè ― to wear a gele

   • 1993 November 24, Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, “Ẹ̀kọ́ Kẹsànán - Clothing”, in Jẹ́ K'Á Sọ Yorùbá, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 159:

     Fún òde pàtàkì, obìnrin Yorùbá gbọ́dọ̀ ró ìró, ó gbọ́dọ̀ wọ bùbá, ó gbọ́dọ̀ we gèlè, ó sì gbọ́dọ̀ fi ìboorùn kọ́ èjìká.

     For important occasions, a Yoruba woman must tie a wrapper, wear a blouse, wear a gele, and hang a scarf on her shoulder.

Descendants

• → English: gele, gelee