"gelato" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/ [General-American], /dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gelato.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gelati [plural], gelatos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gel-}}, {{bor|en|it|gelato||ice cream}} Italian gelato (“ice cream”), {{der|en|la|gelātus}} Latin gelātus, {{m|la|gelū||frost, chill}} gelū (“frost, chill”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gel-||cold}} Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|gelati|s}} gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: gelato Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ice cream Synonyms: gelati [Australia] Related terms: gelateria Translations (Italian-style ice cream): جِيلَاتِي (jīlātī) [masculine] (Arabic), جِيلَاتُو (jīlātū) [masculine] (Arabic), gelat [masculine] (Catalan), gelat italià [masculine] (Catalan), 意式雪糕 (ji³ sik¹ syut³ gou¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 意大利冰淇淋 (Yìdàlì bīngqílín) (Chinese Mandarin), Italiaans ijs [neuter] (Dutch), gelato (Finnish), jäätelö (Finnish), italialainen jäätelö (Finnish), gelato [masculine] (French), glace à l’italienne [feminine] (French), ჯელატო (ǯelaṭo) (Georgian), τζελάτο (tzeláto) [neuter] (Greek), גֶ׳לָאטוֹ (jeláto) [masculine] (Hebrew), जेलातो (jelāto) [masculine] (Hindi), gelato [masculine] (Italian), gelato italiano [masculine] (Italian), gelato all'italiana [masculine] (Italian), ジェラート (jerāto) (Japanese), 젤라토 (jellato) (Korean), џелато (dželato) [neuter] (Macedonian), जेलातो (jelāto) [masculine] (Marathi), gelato [neuter] (Romanian), джела́то (dželáto) [neuter] (Russian), жела́то (želáto) [neuter] (Russian), gelato [common-gender] (Swedish), เจลาโต (jee-laa-dtoo) (Thai), Roma dondurması (Turkish), gelato (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gelato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dželáto",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "джела́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "želáto",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "жела́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gelato"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jee-laa-dtoo",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "word": "เจลาโต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "word": "Roma dondurması"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Italian-style ice cream",
      "word": "gelato"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gelato"
}

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