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gelo

See also: gelò and gêlo

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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
  • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

Noun

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

  1. (weather) frost
    Synonym: frosto

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”).

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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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  • → 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

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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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 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

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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)

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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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Etymology

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

Adjective

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gelo

  1. yellow

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

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gelo

  1. yellow

Declension

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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


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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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Pronunciation

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

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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  • Hyphenation: ge‧lo

Verb

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gelo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelar
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