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gele

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

English

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A Yoruba woman wearing a gele

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Yoruba gèlè.

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    Noun

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    gele (plural gele or geles)

    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[1], →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.

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    Afrikaans

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    gele

    1. attributive form of geel

    Bambara

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    Noun

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    gele

    1. African mesquite (Prosopis africana)

    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From French gelée, from Latin gelātus (“frozen”).

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    Noun

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    gele c (singular definite geleen, plural indefinite geleer)

    1. jelly
    2. gel

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

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -eːlə
    • IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.lə/

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    gele

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

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    German

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    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

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Old French gelee (“frost”), from Early Medieval Latin gelāta. Equivalent to gelen +‎ -e (participial suffix).

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      • IPA(key): /dʒɛˈleː/, /ˈdʒɛːleː/

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      gele (plural gelees)

      1. A jelly made from the stock of meats or a meal it is part of.
      2. (medicine) A jelly used as a pharmaceutical.
      3. Any jelly or something that resembles it.
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      Descendants

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      • English: jelly
      • Scots: jeely

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      Niuean

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      Verb

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      gele

      1. (intransitive) to start crying

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      References

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      • Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 99

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural geleer, definite plural geleene)

      1. alternative spelling of gelé

      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Noun

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      gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural gelear, definite plural geleane)

      1. alternative spelling of gelé

      Portuguese

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      Verb

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      gele

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

      Turkish

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      gele

      1. third-person singular optative of gelmek

      West Makian

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      Verb

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      gele

      1. (stative) to be blunt

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      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

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      References

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      • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

      Yoruba

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      Obìnrin t'ó ń we gèlè.

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      gèlè

      1. a woman's headwrap
        we gèlè ― to wear a gele

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