gel

Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”)

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /dʒɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: jel, jell

gel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
   • 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.

1. (intransitive) To become a gel.
2. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.
   • He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

• enPR: gĕl, IPA^(key): /ɡɛl/

gel (plural gels)

1. (Britain) A girl.

• ELG, ElG, leg, leg.

From Old Occitan, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛl/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛl/

gel m (plural gels)

1. ice
2. gel

• glaç

• gelar

gel

1. yellow

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛl/, /dʒɛl/

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gel m or n (plural gels)

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
2. gel (cosmetic preparation)

• leg

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːl/

gel

1. yellow

From Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", cf. English gel; compare gélatine.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛl/

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gel m (plural gels)

1. frost
2. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
3. gel (cosmetic preparation)

• (frost): givre

• gelivure
• gélifier

• dégel
• gelée
• geler
• gélatine

• glace

• “gel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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gel (comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːl/

gel

1. Alternative spelling of geel

• IPA^(key): /cɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

gel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)

1. gel

gel

1. woman
2. wife

• jel

gel

1. Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)

From Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

gel

1. bright
2. clear
3. white

• aingel

• Irish: geal
• Manx: gial
• Scottish Gaelic: geal

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 gel”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English gāl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”).

gēl (comparative gēloro, superlative gēlost)

1. wanton, lustful; wicked

Borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.

• Rhymes: -ɛw

gel m (plural géis or geles (rare))

1. gel (suspension of solid in liquid)

From gelatina or borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxel/

gel m (plural geles)

1. gel (semi-solid colloid of a solid and a liquid)
2. gel (cosmetic gel, especially body wash)

• aerogel

• “gel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From English girl.

gel

1. girl

• IPA^(key): /ɟɛl/

gel

1. singular imperative of gelmek