gelo

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See also: gelò and gêlo

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin gelu.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (weather) frost
    Synonym: frosto

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Noun

gelo m (plural geli)

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

Etymology 2

Form of the verb gelare (“to freeze, chill”)

Verb

gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of gelō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present gelō gelās gelat gelāmus gelātis gelant
    imperfect gelābam gelābās gelābat gelābāmus gelābātis gelābant
    future gelābō gelābis gelābit gelābimus gelābitis gelābunt
    perfect gelāvī gelāvistī gelāvit gelāvimus gelāvistis gelāvērunt,
    gelāvēre
    pluperfect gelāveram gelāverās gelāverat gelāverāmus gelāverātis gelāverant
    future perfect gelāverō gelāveris gelāverit gelāverimus gelāveritis gelāverint
    passive present gelor gelāris,
    gelāre     		gelātur gelāmur gelāminī gelantur
    imperfect gelābar gelābāris,
    gelābāre     		gelābātur gelābāmur gelābāminī gelābantur
    future gelābor gelāberis,
    gelābere     		gelābitur gelābimur gelābiminī gelābuntur
    perfect gelātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect gelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect gelātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present gelem gelēs gelet gelēmus gelētis gelent
    imperfect gelārem gelārēs gelāret gelārēmus gelārētis gelārent
    perfect gelāverim gelāverīs gelāverit gelāverīmus gelāverītis gelāverint
    pluperfect gelāvissem gelāvissēs gelāvisset gelāvissēmus gelāvissētis gelāvissent
    passive present geler gelēris,
    gelēre     		gelētur gelēmur gelēminī gelentur
    imperfect gelārer gelārēris,
    gelārēre     		gelārētur gelārēmur gelārēminī gelārentur
    perfect gelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect gelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — gelā — — gelāte —
    future — gelātō gelātō — gelātōte gelantō
    passive present — gelāre — — gelāminī —
    future — gelātor gelātor — — gelantor
    non-finite forms active passive
    present perfect future present perfect future
    infinitives gelāre gelāvisse gelātūrum esse gelārī gelātum esse gelātum īrī
    participles gelāns — gelātūrus — gelātus gelandus
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    gelandī gelandō gelandum gelandō gelātum gelātū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    See also

    References

    • “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

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    gelo m (plural )

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

    References

    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 383: “il gelo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

    Old High German

    Etymology

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

    Adjective

    gelo

    1. yellow

    Descendants

    Old Saxon

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Adjective

    gelo

    1. yellow

    Declension

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


    Descendants

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

    Noun

    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
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: djelu
    • Kabuverdianu: gelu

    Adjective

    gelo (invariable)

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

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

    Verb

    gelo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar
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