gele

See also: Gele, gelé, gèle, gelê, gėle, gėlė, and gėlę

English

A Yoruba woman wearing a gele

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from YorubaCategory:English terms borrowed from Yoruba#GELECategory:English terms derived from Yoruba#GELE gèlè.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gele (plural gele or geles)Category:English lemmas#GELECategory:English nouns#GELECategory:English countable nouns#GELECategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#GELECategory:English indeclinable nouns#GELECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. A traditional head tie native to Yoruba women of West Africa (Nigeria, Benin and Togo).
    • 2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      At recent parades of nations women on the Indian team have worn saris, and on the Nigerian one geles. Caribbean contingents can be relied on for color.
      Category:English terms with quotations#GELE

Further reading

Category:en:Headwear#GELE

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Adjective

geleCategory:Afrikaans non-lemma forms#GELECategory:Afrikaans adjective forms#GELECategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. attributive form of geel

Bambara

Noun

geleCategory:Bambara lemmas#GELECategory:Bambara nouns#GELECategory:Bambara entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. African mesquiteCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#African%20mesquite (Prosopis africanaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Prosopis%20africana)
Category:bm:Mimosa subfamily plants#GELE

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Danish terms borrowed from French#GELECategory:Danish terms derived from French#GELE gelée, from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#GELE gelātus (“frozen”)Category:Latin links with redundant target parameters#GELE.

Pronunciation

Noun

gele c (singular definite geleen, plural indefinite geleer)Category:Danish lemmas#GELECategory:Danish nouns#GELECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Danish common-gender nouns#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. jelly
  2. gel

Inflection

Declension of gele
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gele geleen geleer geleerne
genitive geles geleens geleers geleernes

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

geleCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#GELECategory:Dutch adjective forms#GELECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. inflection of geel:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

geleCategory:German non-lemma forms#GELECategory:German adjective forms#GELECategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

  1. inflection of gel:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Italic#GELECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GELECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#GELECategory:Middle English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#GELECategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#GELECategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#GELECategory:Middle English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs#GELE

    Borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#GELECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#GELE gelee (“frost”), from Early Medieval LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#GELE gelāta. Equivalent to gelen +‎ -e (participial suffix)Category:Middle English terms suffixed with -e (participial)#GELE.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    geleCategory:Middle English lemmas#GELECategory:Middle English nouns#GELECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE (plural gelees)

    1. A jelly made from the stock of meats or a meal it is part of.
    2. (medicineCategory:enm:Medicine#GELE) A jelly used as a pharmaceutical.
    3. Any jelly or something that resembles it.

    Descendants

    References

    Category:enm:Cooking#GELE

    Niuean

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    geleCategory:Niuean lemmas#GELECategory:Niuean verbs#GELECategory:Niuean entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. start crying

    Derived terms

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Noun

    gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural geleer, definite plural geleene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#GELECategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#GELECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. alternative spelling of gelé

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural gelear, definite plural geleane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#GELECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#GELECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. alternative spelling of geléCategory:Forms linking to themselves#GELE

    Portuguese

    Verb

    geleCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#GELECategory:Portuguese verb forms#GELECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. inflection of gelar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Turkish

    Verb

    geleCategory:Turkish non-lemma forms#GELECategory:Turkish verb forms#GELECategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. third-person singular optative of gelmek

    West Makian

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    geleCategory:West Makian lemmas#GELECategory:West Makian verbs#GELECategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. (stativeCategory:West Makian stative verbs#GELE) to be blunt

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of gele (stative verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person tigele migele agele
    2nd person nigele figele
    3rd person inanimate igele digele
    animate magele
    imperative —, gele —, gele

    Alternative forms

    References

    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

    Yoruba

    Obìnrin t'ó ń we gèlè.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    gèlèCategory:Yoruba lemmas#GELECategory:Yoruba nouns#GELECategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#GELECategory:Pages with entries#GELECategory:Pages with 14 entries#GELE

    1. a woman's headwrap
      we gèlè ― to wear a geleCategory:Yoruba terms with collocations#GELE

    Descendants

    Category:yo:Clothing#GELECategory:yo:Headwear#GELE
    Category:Afrikaans adjective forms Category:Afrikaans non-lemma forms Category:Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Bambara lemmas Category:Bambara nouns Category:Danish common-gender nouns Category:Danish lemmas Category:Danish nouns Category:Danish terms borrowed from French Category:Danish terms derived from French Category:Danish terms derived from Latin Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Dutch adjective forms Category:Dutch non-lemma forms Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation Category:English countable nouns Category:English indeclinable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English terms borrowed from Yoruba Category:English terms derived from Yoruba Category:English terms with quotations Category:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa Category:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species) Category:Forms linking to themselves Category:German adjective forms Category:German non-lemma forms Category:German terms with audio pronunciation Category:Latin links with redundant target parameters Category:Middle English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs Category:Middle English lemmas Category:Middle English nouns Category:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French Category:Middle English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin Category:Middle English terms derived from Latin Category:Middle English terms derived from Old French Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Italic Category:Middle English terms suffixed with -e (participial) Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Niuean lemmas Category:Niuean terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Niuean verbs Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas Category:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns Category:Norwegian Bokmål nouns Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas Category:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns Category:Pages with 14 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms Category:Portuguese verb forms Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in English entries Category:Requests for pronunciation in English entries Category:Rhymes:Danish/e Category:Rhymes:Danish/e/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Dutch/eːlə Category:Rhymes:Dutch/eːlə/2 syllables Category:Turkish non-lemma forms Category:Turkish verb forms Category:West Makian lemmas Category:West Makian stative verbs Category:West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:West Makian verbs Category:Yoruba lemmas Category:Yoruba nouns Category:Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Yoruba terms with collocations Category:Yoruba terms with quotations Category:bm:Mimosa subfamily plants Category:en:Headwear Category:enm:Cooking Category:enm:Medicine Category:yo:Clothing Category:yo:Headwear