gel

See also Gel, GEL, and gęl

English

Wikipedia

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: /dʒɛl/, SAMPA: /dZEl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophone: 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

• aerogel
• hair gel
• hydrogel
• shower gel
• silica gel
• xerogel

Translations

suspension of solid in liquid

Dutch: gel (nl) m. and n., gelei (nl) f. Finnish: geeli, hyty, hyytelö French: gel (fr) m.

German: Gel (de) n. Japanese: ゲル (ja) (geru) Polish: żel m.

any gel for a particular cosmetic use

Dutch: gel (nl) m. and n. Finnish: geeli (fi) French: gel (fr) m. German: Gel (de) n. Hebrew: ג'ל (djel) m., תקריש (takrísh) m.

Hungarian: gél (hu), zselé (hu) Japanese: ジェル (ja) (jeru) Polish: żel m. Tagalog: pamada (tl) Turkish: jel (tr), jöle (tr)

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.

Translations

apply cosmetic gel

Dutch: gellen (nl)

Finnish: levittää geeliä

become gel

Dutch: indikken (nl), geleren (nl) Finnish: geeliytyä, hyytelöityä

Spanish: gelificarse (es)

See also

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

Etymology 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gĕl, IPA: /ɡɛl/, SAMPA: /gEl/

Noun

gel (plural gels)

1. (UK) A girl.

Anagrams

• ElG, ELG, leg, leg.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gelu.

Noun

gel m. (plural gels)

1. ice

Synonyms

• glaç

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɛl/ or /dʒɛl/

Noun

gel m. and n. (plural gels)

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

Anagrams

• leg

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French

Etymology

From Latin gelu

Pronunciation

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Noun

gel m. (plural gels)

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

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German

Adjective

gel (comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of gelb. (yellow).

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /cɛːl/

  Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

gel n. (genitive singular gels, uncountable)

1. gel

Declension

declension of gel

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gel	gelið	-	-
accusative	gel	gelið	-	-
dative	geli	gelinu	-	-
genitive	gels	gelsins	-	-

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Old French

Alternative forms

• jel

Contraction

gel

1. Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)

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Old Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

gel

1. bright
2. clear
3. white

Descendants

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

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɟɛl/

Verb

gel

1. Imperative of gelmek