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- gelati (Australia)
Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
- (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
- Hyphenation: ge‧la‧to
gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)
- An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
Italian-style ice cream
- Arabic: جِيلَاتِي m (jīlātī), جِيلَاتُو m (jīlātū)
- Catalan: gelat (ca) m, gelat italià m
- Chinese:
- Dutch: Italiaans ijs n
- Finnish: gelato (fi), jäätelö (fi), italialainen jäätelö
- French: gelato (fr) m, glace à l’italienne f
- Georgian: ჯელატო (ǯelaṭo)
- Greek: τζελάτο n (tzeláto)
- Hebrew: גֶ׳לָאטוֹ m (jeláto)
- Hindi: जेलातो m (jelāto)
- Italian: gelato (it) m, gelato italiano m, gelato all'italiana m
- Japanese: ジェラート (ja) (jerāto)
- Korean: 젤라토 (jellato)
- Macedonian: џелато n (dželato)
- Marathi: जेलातो m (jelāto)
- Romanian: gelato (ro) n
- Russian: джела́то n (dželáto), жела́то n (želáto)
- Swedish: gelato (sv) c
- Thai: เจลาโต (jee-laa-dtoo)
- Turkish: Roma dondurması, gelato
From Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). By surface analysis, gelo (“frost, cold”) + -ato (past participle suffix).
gelato (feminine gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)
- past participle of gelare
gelato (feminine gelata, masculine plural gelati, feminine plural gelate)
- icy, frozen, very cold
- Synonyms: freddissimo, gelido, ghiacciato
- Antonyms: ardente, bollente, caldissimo, cocente, incandescente, rovente
gelato m (plural gelati)
- (also uncountable) ice cream, gelato
gelātō