Latin

Alternative forms

• Gelōn

Proper noun

Gelō m ‎(genitive Gelōnis); third declension

1. King of Syracuse and son of Hiero

Declension

Third declension.

Descendants

• Italian: Gelone

References

• Gelo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Gelo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Catalan

Verb

gelo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of gelar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin gelu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡelo/
• Hyphenation: gel‧o

Noun

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

1. (weather) frost

Synonyms

• frosto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.lo/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːl̺o]
• Hyphenation: gè‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) gielo

Noun

gelo m ‎(plural geli)

1. intense cold
2. frost
3. cold weather
4. icy water
5. coldness (lack of enthusiasm etc)

Related terms

• gelato
• gelido

Etymology 2

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

Verb

gelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gelare

Anagrams

• gole, lego, legò

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.loː/, [ˈɡɛ.ɫoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.lo/, [ˈd͡ʒeː.lo]

Verb

gelō ‎(present infinitive gelāre, perfect active gelāvī, supine gelātum); first conjugation

1. I freeze, cause to congeal.
2. I frighten, petrify, cause to become rigid with fright.

Inflection

Descendants

See also

• glaciō

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gelo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

gelo

1. yellow

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• gelu

Etymology

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

Adjective

gelo

1. yellow

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gêlo (obsolete, noun only)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun, adjective:

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.lu/

Verb:

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.lu/

• 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)
4. (figuratively) chill (a sudden sense of fear or anxiety)
5. (figuratively) coldness (lack of emotion)

Synonyms

• (cold): frio
• (lack of emotion): frieza

Derived terms

• gelinho, gelozinho (diminutives)
• gelo seco

Related terms

Adjective

gelo ‎(invariable, comparable)

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

Verb

gelo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of gelar