gelatin

English

Alternative forms

• gelatine

Etymology

Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/, (less often) /ˈd͡ʒɛlətiːn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gelatin (countable and uncountable, plural gelatins)

1. A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
2. An edible jelly made from this material.
3. A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.
   • 2010 April, Frank Zullo, “Imaging Prehistoric Sunrises”, in Astronomy, volume 38, number 4, page 50:

     For both images I placed a Kodak 4.0 neutral-density gelatin filter over the lens to reduce the Sun's brightness.

Synonyms

• E441 when used as a gelling agent

Derived terms

• ballistic gelatin
• blasting gelatin
• bromogelatin
• explosive gelatin
• gelatinase
• gelatinate
• gelatination
• gelatiniferous
• gelatiniferous
• gelatiniform
• gelatinise
• gelatinize
• gelatinlike
• gelatinoid
• gelatinolytic
• gelatinous
• gelatin salad
• nitrogelatin
• photogelatin
• progelatinase

 

Related terms

• gel

Translations

protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen

• Albanian: xhelatinë (sq) f
• Arabic: جِيلَاتِين m (jīlātīn), جِيلَاتِين m (jilatīn)
• Bulgarian: желатин (bg) m (želatin)
• Catalan: gelatina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 魚膠／鱼胶 (jyu⁴ gaau¹)

  Mandarin: 明膠／明胶 (zh) (míngjiāo), 吉利丁 (jílìdīng)

• Czech: želatina f
• Dutch: gelatine (nl)
• Finnish: liivate (fi), gelatiini (fi)
• French: gélatine (fr) f
• Galician: xelatina (gl) f
• Georgian: ჟელატინი (želaṭini)
• German: Gelatine (de) f
• Hungarian: zselatin (hu)
• Indonesian: agar (id)
• Irish: geilitín m
• Japanese: ゼラチン (ja) (zerachin)
• Kazakh: желатин (jelatin)
• Korean: 젤라틴 (jellatin)
• Kyrgyz: желатин (ky) (jelatin)
• Maori: tetepe, keretini
• Mongolian: царцмаг (mn) (carcmag)
• Nahuatl: necuhtlachihchihualpitzac
• Persian: ژلاتین (fa) (želâtin)
• Polish: żelatyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: gelatina (pt) f
• Romanian: gelatină (ro) f
• Russian: желати́н (ru) m (želatín)
• Spanish: gelatina (es) f
• Swedish: gelatin (sv) n
• Thai: เจลาติน (jee-laa-dtin)
• Turkish: jelatin (tr)
• Turkmen: gelatin
• Ukrainian: желати́н m (želatýn)
• Vietnamese: gelatin (vi)

edible jelly

• Albanian: xhelatinë (sq) f
• Bulgarian: желе (bg) n (žele), пелте n (pelte)
• Catalan: gelatina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: gelatine (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: gelateno
• Finnish: liivate (fi)
• Georgian: ჟელატინი (želaṭini)
• German: Gelatine (de) f
• Greek: ζελατίνη (el) (zelatíni)
• Gujarati: સરેશ (sareś)
• Hawaiian: ʻūnina
• Irish: geilitín m
• Kazakh: желатин (jelatin)
• Ottoman Turkish: پختی (pıhtı)
• Polish: żelatyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: gelatina (pt) f
• Romanian: gelatină (ro) f
• Russian: желати́н (ru) m (želatín)
• Spanish: gelatina (es) f
• Swedish: gelatin (sv)
• Tagalog: helatina
• Thai: เจลาติน (jee-laa-dtin), เยลลี, เจลลี
• Turkish: jöle (tr)
• Ukrainian: желати́н m (želatýn)

translucent membrane

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: gelatiini (fi)
• Portuguese: gelatina (pt) f
• Spanish: gelatina (es) f
• Turkish: jelatin (tr)

Anagrams

• atingle, elating, genital, langite, tag line, tagline

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gelatin m or n (definite singular gelatinen or gelatinet)

1. gelatine or gelatin

References

• “gelatin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

Noun

gelatin m or n (definite singular gelatinen or gelatinet)

1. gelatine or gelatin

References

• “gelatin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gelatin n (uncountable)

1. gelatine

Declension

Declension of gelatin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gelatin	gelatinet	—	—
Genitive	gelatins	gelatinets	—	—

References

• gelatin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gelatin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gelatin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gentila