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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”). For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: xhel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Arabic: هُلَام (hulām) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Armenian: գել (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Azerbaijani: qel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Belarusian: гель (hjelʹ) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Bulgarian: гел (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Catalan: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 凝膠 /凝胶 (níngjiāo) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 凍膠 /冻胶 (dòngjiāo) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Chinese Mandarin: 啫哩 (zhělī) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Czech: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Danish: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Dutch: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Dutch: gelei — suspension of solid in liquid
• Esperanto: ĝelo — suspension of solid in liquid
• Estonian: geel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Finnish: geeli — suspension of solid in liquid
• Finnish: hyty — suspension of solid in liquid
• Finnish: hyytelö — suspension of solid in liquid
• French: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Galician: xel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Georgian: გელი (geli) — suspension of solid in liquid
• German: Gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Greek: γέλη (géli) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Greek: πήκτωμα (píktoma) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Hebrew: גֶ׳ל (djel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Hindi: जेल (jel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Hungarian: gél — suspension of solid in liquid
• Icelandic: hlaup — suspension of solid in liquid
• Ido: jelo — suspension of solid in liquid
• Indonesian: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Irish: glóthach — suspension of solid in liquid
• Italian: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Japanese: ゲル (geru) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Japanese: ジェル (jeru) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Kazakh: гель (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Khmer: ជែល (cɛɛl) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Korean: 겔 (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Korean: 젤 (jel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Kyrgyz: гель (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Latvian: želeja — suspension of solid in liquid
• Lithuanian: gelis — suspension of solid in liquid
• Macedonian: гел (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Māori: hāpia — suspension of solid in liquid
• Mongolian: гель (gelʹ) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Norwegian Bokmål: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Persian: ژل (žel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Polish: żel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Portuguese: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Russian: гель (gelʹ) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Russian: желе́ (želé) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Russian: сту́день (stúdenʹ) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: ге̏л — suspension of solid in liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: gȅl — suspension of solid in liquid
• Slovak: gél — suspension of solid in liquid
• Slovene: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Spanish: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Swahili: jeli — suspension of solid in liquid
• Swedish: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Tajik: гел (gel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Thai: เจล (jeen) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Turkish: jel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Ukrainian: гель (helʹ) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Urdu: جیل (jel) — suspension of solid in liquid
• Uzbek: gel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Vietnamese: gien — suspension of solid in liquid
• Vietnamese: keo — suspension of solid in liquid
• Zazaki: jel — suspension of solid in liquid
• Arabic: مُثَبِّتُ الشَّعْر (muṯabbitu š-šaʕr) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Bulgarian: гел (gel) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Catalan: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Chinese Mandarin: 凝膠 /凝胶 (níngjiāo) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Czech: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Dutch: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Finnish: geeli — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• French: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Galician: xel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• German: Gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Greek: ζελέ (zelé) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Greek: τζελ (tzel) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Hebrew: ג׳ל (djel) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Hebrew: תקריש (takrísh) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Hungarian: gél — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Hungarian: zselé — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Icelandic: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Japanese: ジェル (jeru) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Māori: pia — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Persian: ژل (žel) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Polish: żel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Portuguese: gel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Russian: гель (gelʹ) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Swahili: jeli — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Tagalog: pamada — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Thai: เจล (jeel) — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Turkish: jel — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Turkish: jöle — any gel for a particular cosmetic use
• Dutch: gellen — apply cosmetic gel
• Finnish: levittää geeliä — apply cosmetic gel
• Bulgarian: желирам (želiram) — become gel
• Catalan: gelificar — become gel
• Dutch: indikken — become gel
• Dutch: geleren — become gel
• Finnish: geeliytyä — become gel
• Finnish: hyytelöityä — become gel
• French: gélifier — become gel
• Irish: glóthaigh — become gel
• Portuguese: gelifazer — become gel
• Portuguese: gelificar — become gel
• Spanish: gelificarse — become gel
• Spanish: gelificar — become gel
• Spanish: cuajar — become gel
• Catalan: relacionar-se — develop a rapport
• Spanish: relacionarse — develop a rapport