gelee

See also: Gelee, gelée, and gélée

English

Etymology 1

From the French gelée. Doublet of jelly.

Alternative forms

gelée

Noun

gelee (plural gelees)

Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.

Translations

any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes

Czech: želé (cs) n
Finnish: hyytelö (fi), hyydyke
German: Gelee (de) n
Turkish: jöle (tr), pelte (tr)

Etymology 2

From the Yoruba word gele for a woman's headwrap.

Alternative forms

gele

Noun

gelee (plural gelees)

A traditional form of West African headwrap worn by women.

Middle English

Noun

gelee

Alternative form of gele

Old French

Alternative forms

gelede
jallee, jaleie, jalee
gelé, geley, geleye, giellee

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin gelāta, derived from Latin gelāre. By surface analysis, geler +‎ -ee. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese geada.

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈleːðə/
(classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈleːə/, /d͡ʒa-/

Noun

gelee oblique singular, f (oblique plural gelees, nominative singular gelee, nominative plural gelees)

cold spell; period of coldness

Descendants

Bourguignon: jailée, gellée
Champenois: geulée
Franc-Comtois: dgeolaie
French: gelée
Lorrain: djalâie, djalauïe
Walloon: djalêye
→ Middle English: gele, jelyf, gelly, gelye, gelle, gelee, gely
- English: jelly
- Scots: jeely

References

gelee on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gĕlāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 86

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