gelato

English

Alternative forms

• gelati (Australia)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

Italian gelato with two tower-shaped biscuits

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈlɑtoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
• Hyphenation: ge‧la‧to

Noun

gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)

1. An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

Related terms

• gelateria

Translations

Italian-style ice cream

• Arabic: جِيلَاتِي m (jīlātī), جِيلَاتُو m (jīlātū)
• Catalan: gelat (ca) m, gelat italià m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意式雪糕 (ji³ sik¹ syut³ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 意大利冰淇淋 (Yìdàlì bīngqílín)

• Dutch: Italiaans ijs n
• Finnish: gelato (fi), jäätelö (fi), italialainen jäätelö
• French: gelato (fr) m, glace à l’italienne f
• Georgian: ჯელატო (ǯelaṭo)
• Greek: τζελάτο n (tzeláto)
• Hebrew: גֶ׳לָאטוֹ m (jeláto)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: जेलातो m (jelāto)
• Italian: gelato (it) m, gelato italiano m, gelato all'italiana m
• Japanese: ジェラート (ja) (jerāto)
• Korean: 젤라토 (jellato)
• Macedonian: џелато n (dželato)
• Marathi: जेलातो m (jelāto)
• Romanian: gelato (ro) n
• Russian: джела́то n (dželáto), жела́то n (želáto)
• Swedish: gelato (sv) c
• Thai: เจลาโต (jee-laa-dtoo)
• Turkish: Roma dondurması, gelato

Anagrams

• legato

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Surface analysis: gelo (“frost, cold”) +‎ -ato (past participle suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒeˈla.to/, [d͡ʒeˈl̺äːt̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ge‧là‧to

Verb

1. past participle of gelare

Adjective

1. icy, frozen, very cold

   Synonyms: freddissimo, gelido, ghiacciato

   Antonyms: ardente, bollente, caldissimo, cocente, incandescente, rovente

Noun

gelato m (plural gelati)

1. (also uncountable) ice cream, gelato

Derived terms

• gelataia
• gelataio
• gelateria
• gelatiera
• gelatiere
• gelatina

 

Anagrams

• legato
• tegola

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) gelātō

1. dative masculine singular of gelātus
2. dative neuter singular of gelātus
3. ablative masculine singular of gelātus
4. ablative neuter singular of gelātus