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gelo

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See also: gelò and gêlo

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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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
  • Syllabification: ge‧lo

Noun

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

  1. (weather) frost
    Synonym: frosto

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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”).

Alternative forms

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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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Descendants
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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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From gelū (“frost”) +‎ -ō, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Alternatively, given the lack of -u- in the verb, it may be built on the second-declension collateral form gelum, rare but attested in Varro and Lucretius.

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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

    Conjugation

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       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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present gelāre gelārī gelāns —
    future gelātūrum esse gelātum īrī gelātūrus gelandus
    perfect gelāvisse gelātum esse — gelātus
    future perfect — gelātum fore — —
    perfect potential gelātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    gelandī gelandō gelandum gelandō gelātum gelātū

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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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    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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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gelu. Cognate with Old English geolu.

    Adjective

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    gelo

    1. yellow

    Declension

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    Strong declension of gelo
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewēr, gelo gelewiu, gelo gelewaȥ, gelo
    accusative gelewan gelewa gelewaȥ, gelo
    genitive gelewes gelewera gelewes
    dative gelewemu geleweru gelewemu
    instrumental gelewu — gelewu
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewe, gelo gelewo, gelo gelewiu, gelo
    accusative gelewe gelewo gelewiu, gelo
    genitive gelewero gelewero gelewero
    dative gelewēm gelewēm gelewēm
    Weak declension of gelo
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewo gelewa gelewa
    accusative gelewon gelewūn gelewa
    genitive gelewen gelewūn gelewen
    dative gelewen gelewūn gelewen
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewon gelewūn gelewon
    accusative gelewon gelewūn gelewon
    genitive gelewōno gelewōno gelewōno
    dative gelewōm gelewōm gelewōm
    Declension of comparative of gelo
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōro gelewōra gelewōra
    accusative gelewōron gelewōrūn gelewōra
    genitive gelewōren gelewōrūn gelewōren
    dative gelewōren gelewōrūn gelewōren
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōron gelewōrūn gelewōron
    accusative gelewōron gelewōrūn gelewōron
    genitive gelewōrōno gelewōrōno gelewōrōno
    dative gelewōrōm gelewōrōm gelewōrōm
    Strong declension of superlative gelo
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōstēr, gelewōst gelewōstiu, gelewōst gelewōstaȥ, gelewōst
    accusative gelewōstan gelewōsta gelewōstaȥ, gelewōst
    genitive gelewōstes gelewōstera gelewōstes
    dative gelewōstemu gelewōsteru gelewōstemu
    instrumental gelewōstu — gelewōstu
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōste, gelewōst gelewōsto, gelewōst gelewōstiu, gelewōst
    accusative gelewōste gelewōsto gelewōstiu, gelewōst
    genitive gelewōstero gelewōstero gelewōstero
    dative gelewōstēm gelewōstēm gelewōstēm
    Weak declension of superlative gelo
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōsto gelewōsta gelewōsta
    accusative gelewōston gelewōstūn gelewōsta
    genitive gelewōsten gelewōstūn gelewōsten
    dative gelewōsten gelewōstūn gelewōsten
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative gelewōston gelewōstūn gelewōston
    accusative gelewōston gelewōstūn gelewōston
    genitive gelewōstōno gelewōstōno gelewōstōno
    dative gelewōstōm gelewōstōm gelewōstōm

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    Colors in Old High German · farawa, farwa (layout · text)
         wīȥ      grāo      swarz
                 rōt              gelewrōt, gelorōt, rōtgelo; brūn, ërpf              gelo
                              gruoni             
                              blāo              blāo
                              purpura             

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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. Cognate with Old English geolu.

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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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      Old Spanish

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From earlier *elielo, with a loss of initial /e/ and /lj/ fricatizing to /ʒ/, from Latin illī illum.

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      Contraction

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      gelo

      1. contraction of le m or f by sense (“it”, dative, literally “to it”) +‎ lo m (“it”, accusative)
        daregelo he ― I will give it to him

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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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        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

          Further reading

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