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gelo

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See also: gelò and gêlo

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gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin gelu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡelo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

Noun

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gelo (accusative singular gelon, plural geloj, accusative plural gelojn)

  1. (weather) frost
    Synonym: frosto

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: gè‧lo

Etymology 1

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From Latin gelū (frost, chill), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold).

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Noun

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gelo m (plural geli)

  1. intense cold
  2. frost
  3. cold weather
  4. icy water
  5. coldness (lack of enthusiasm etc.)
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  • Neapolitan: gelo

Etymology 2

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Form of the verb gelare (to freeze, chill)

Verb

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gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelare

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From gelū (frost) +‎ , from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). Cognate with Ancient Greek γελανδρόν (gelandrón).

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    Verb

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    gelō (present infinitive gelāre, perfect active gelāvī, supine gelātum); first conjugation

    1. to freeze, cause to congeal
    2. to frighten, petrify, cause to become rigid with fright

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    See also

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    References

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    • gelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • gelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • gelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

    Neapolitan

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Italian gelo, from Latin gelū. The alternative form above represents the native Neapolitan outcome.

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    Noun

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    gelo m (plural [please provide])

    1. frost (on the vegetation especially)
    2. cold (relatively intense cold)

    References

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    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 383: “il gelo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

    Old High German

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, whence also Old English geolu.

    Adjective

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    gelo

    1. yellow

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    Old Saxon

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, whence also Old English geolu.

    Adjective

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    gelo

    1. yellow

    Declension

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    Declension of gelo
    Strong declension
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative gelo gelo gelo gelwe gelwu gelwe
    accusative gelwana gelo gelwa gelwe gelwu gelwe
    genitive gelwes gelwes gelwaro gelwarō gelwarō gelwarō
    dative gelwumu gelwumu gelwaro gelwum gelwum gelwum
    Weak declension
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine
    nominative gelwo gelwa gelwa gelwu
    accusative gelwun gelwa gelwun gelwun
    genitive gelwun gelwun gelwun gelwonō
    dative gelwun gelwun gelwun gelwum

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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      From Old Galician-Portuguese gelo, borrowed from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). Displaced the inherited Old Portuguese geo.

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      • Rhymes: -elu
      • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

      Noun

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      gelo m (plural gelos)

      1. (uncountable) ice (frozen water)
      2. a cube or chunk of ice
      3. (informal) coldness; cold (low temperature)
        Synonym: frio
      4. (figurative) chill (a sudden sense of fear or anxiety)
      5. (figurative) coldness (lack of emotion)
        Synonym: frieza
      6. (figurative) a very cool place
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      • Guinea-Bissau Creole: djelu
      • Kabuverdianu: gelu

      Adjective

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      gelo (invariable)

      1. whose colour is a shade of white like that of ice

      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -ɛlu
      • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

      Verb

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      gelo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar