jell

English

Etymology

A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: gel, jel

Noun

jell (plural jells)

1. a jelly or gel

Verb

jell (third-person singular simple present jells, present participle jelling, simple past and past participle jelled)

1. To gel
   • 2008 December 5, Elizabeth Pennisi, “Hopping to a Better Protein”, in Science‎^[1], →DOI, →ISSN:

     A lot of things are jelling, says Hoffman.

Derived terms

• jell out

Translations

to gel

• Bulgarian: желирам (želiram)
• Spanish: gelificarse; cuajar (es)

Livonian

Verb

jell

1. Salaca form of je’llõ (“to live; to work”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.