gelati

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gelati, the plural form of gelato, from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒəˈlɑːtɪ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dʒəˈlɐːtɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

gelati

1. plural of gelato

Noun

gelati (usually uncountable, plural gelati)

1. (Australia) gelato, Italian style ice-cream; a serving of gelato, often in a cone.
   • 1988, Frank Moorhouse, editor, Fictions 88, ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcast Corp., page 64:

     Out in Fitzroy Street, the Saturday afternoon crowds strolled the wide footpaths, licking gelati.

   • 1993, University of Western Australia, Westerly, volumes 38–39, page 37:

     Gelati. Gelati. Limone, Strawberry, Chocolaty! shouts the Gelati man from the south of his face.

   • 2008, Catherine McKinnon, The Nearly Happy Family, unnumbered page:

     ‘Would you kids like some gelati?’ Lucia asked. […] At home we usually had Peter′s Rainbow, but we′d had gelati heaps of times at Flash, the gelati shop in Hindley Street.

Anagrams

• aiglet, ligate

Italian

Participle

gelati m pl

1. masculine plural of gelato

Adjective

gelati

1. masculine plural of gelato

Noun

gelati m

1. plural of gelato

Anagrams

• legati, taglie, teglia

Latin

Participle

gelātī

1. inflection of gelātus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular