"gelee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gelees [plural], gelée [alternative]
Etymology: From the French gelée. Doublet of jelly. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gelée}} French gelée, {{doublet|en|jelly}} Doublet of jelly Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gelee (countable and uncountable, plural gelees)
  1. Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes): želé [neuter] (Czech), hyytelö (Finnish), hyydyke (Finnish), gelée (French), Gelee [neuter] (German), jöle (Turkish), pelte (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gelee-en-noun-ftVxWs4W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Foods Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Foods: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gelees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gelee (plural gelees)
  1. Alternative form of gele (“type of women’s headwrap”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gele (extra: type of women’s headwrap)
    Sense id: en-gelee-en-noun-VcC~UIU4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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