German

Noun

Gel n ‎(genitive Gels, plural Gele)

1. gel

Declension

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Shortening of Gelatine, from French gélatine. More at gel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒæl/

  Rhymes: -æl

Noun

Gel m ‎(plural Gellen)

1. gel

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /dʒɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: jel, jell

Noun

gel ‎(countable and uncountable, plural gels)

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

Verb

gel ‎(third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
2. (intransitive) To become a gel.
3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.

Translations

See also

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

Etymology 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gĕl, IPA^(key): /ɡɛl/

Noun

gel ‎(plural gels)

1. (Britain) A girl.

Anagrams

• ElG, ELG, leg, leg.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gelu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛl/

Noun

gel m ‎(plural gels)

1. ice

Synonyms

• glaç

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛl/, /dʒɛl/

Noun

gel m, n ‎(plural gels)

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
2. gel (cosmetic preparation)

Anagrams

• leg

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːl/

Adjective

gel

1. yellow

French

Etymology

From Latin gelu

Pronunciation

Noun

gel m ‎(plural gels)

1. frost
2. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
3. gel (cosmetic preparation)

German

Adjective

gel ‎(comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of gelb (yellow).

Declension

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːl/

Adjective

gel

1. Alternative spelling of geel

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

gel n ‎(genitive singular gels, no plural)

1. gel

Declension

Nalca

Noun

gel

1. woman
2. wife

Old French

Alternative forms

• jel

Contraction

gel

1. Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“to shine”).

Adjective

gel

1. bright
2. clear
3. white

Descendants

• Irish: geal
• Manx: gial
• Scottish Gaelic: geal

Mutation

References

• “1 gel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ghoilos ‎(“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English gāl, Dutch geil ‎(“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil ‎(“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr ‎(“beautiful”).

Adjective

gēl (comparative gēloro, superlative gēlost)

1. wanton, lustful; wicked

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

gel m (plural géis or geles (rare))

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)

Spanish

Noun

gel m ‎(plural geles)

1. gel

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛl/

Verb

gel

1. imperative of gelmek