gele

See also: Gele, gelé, gèle, gelê, gėle, gėlė, and gėlę

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈχɪə.lə/

Adjective

gele

  1. attributive form of geel

Bambara

Noun

gele

  1. African mesquite (Prosopis africana)

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French gelée, from Latin gelātus (“frozen”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sjele/, [ɕeˈle]
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

gele c (singular definite geleen, plural indefinite geleer)

  1. jelly
  2. gel

Inflection
Declension of gele
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gele geleen geleer geleerne
genitive geles geleens geleers geleernes

Derived terms
  • geleagtig, geléagtig

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːlə
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.lə/

Adjective

gele

  1. inflection of geel:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

gele

  1. inflection of gel:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Indonesian

Noun

gele (first-person possessive geleku, second-person possessive gelemu, third-person possessive gelenya)

  1. marijuana

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gelee (“frost”), from Early Medieval Latin gelāta. Equivalent to gelen +‎ -e (participial suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʒɛˈleː/, /ˈdʒɛːleː/

Noun

gele (plural gelees)

  1. A jelly made from the stock of meats or a meal it is part of.
  2. (medicine) A jelly used as a pharmaceutical.
  3. Any jelly or something that resembles it.

Descendants
  • English: jelly
  • Scots: jeely

References

Niuean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋeːleː/

Verb

gele

  1. start crying

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural geleer, definite plural geleene)

  1. alternative spelling of gelé

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural gelear, definite plural geleane)

  1. alternative spelling of gelé

Portuguese

Verb

gele

  1. inflection of gelar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡe.l̪e/

Verb

gele

  1. (stative) to be blunt

Conjugation
Conjugation of gele (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tigele migele agele
2nd person nigele figele
3rd person inanimate igele digele
animate magele
imperative —, gele —, gele

Alternative forms

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba
A woman with a gèlè.

Etymology

Probably from Hausa gyàlè (“shawl”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡè.lè/

Noun

gèlè

  1. a woman's headwrap
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