gelatine

/ˌdʒeləˈtin/jeh-luh-TEEN

/ˌdʒɛləˈtin/jeh-luh-TEEN

Meaninga frozen (jelly)

Common meaning: a jelly made from boiled bones

gelfrost, icy coldLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 804 · scan
atLatin ending: it (dwells)
ineadjective ending: of the nature of

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin gelū ‘frost, icy cold’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry gelū, p. 804 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry JELLY, p. 306 · dictionary scan

Roots

gelū Latin “frost, icy cold”

Related words

congeal gelid jelly

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