"jell" meaning in All languages combined

See jell on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɛl/ Audio: En-us-gel.ogg Forms: jells [plural]
enPR: jĕl Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|jelly|nocap=1}} back-formation from jelly Head templates: {{en-noun}} jell (plural jells)
  1. a jelly or gel
    Sense id: en-jell-en-noun-5ybW1Ml-

Verb [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒɛl/ Audio: En-us-gel.ogg Forms: jells [present, singular, third-person], jelling [participle, present], jelled [participle, past], jelled [past]
enPR: jĕl Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|jelly|nocap=1}} back-formation from jelly Head templates: {{en-verb}} jell (third-person singular simple present jells, present participle jelling, simple past and past participle jelled)
  1. To gel Derived forms: jell out Translations (to gel): желирам (želiram) (Bulgarian), gelificarse (Spanish), cuajar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jell-en-verb-9r0EFmm2 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97

Verb [Livonian]

Forms: je'llõ [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *elädäk. Head templates: {{head|liv|verb}} jell
  1. live
    Sense id: en-jell-liv-verb-JHYQ9N7d Categories (other): Livonian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "homophone": "gel"
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              20,
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          "sense": "to gel",
          "word": "желирам"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to gel",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to gel",
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