Standard Lemma guide

gelatinous

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • jə-lăt′ĭn-əs
  • nonstandard: jĕl′ə-tĭn-əs
  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈlæt.ɪn.əs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /d͡ʒəˈlat.ɪn.əs/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.tɪn.əs/
  • Australian, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒel.ə.tɪn.əs/
  • New-Zealand: /d͡ʒəˈlɛt.ən.əs/
  • New-Zealand, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒel.ə.tən.əs/
  • rhymes with -ætɪnəs
  • rhymes with -atɪnəs
  • rhymes with (nonstandard) -ɛlətɪnəs
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AH0 L AE1 T AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Jelly-like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or referring to gelatin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

thick like gelatin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gelatinlike, jellylike

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From gelatine + -ous; probably modeled on French gélatineux.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: xelatinosu — jelly-like
  • Catalan: gelatinós — jelly-like
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠狀 /胶状 (jiāozhuàng) — jelly-like
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膠質 /胶质 (jiāozhì) — jelly-like
  • Czech: rosolovitý — jelly-like
  • Esperanto: gelatena — jelly-like
  • Finnish: hyytelömäinen — jelly-like
  • French: gélatineux — jelly-like
  • Galician: xelatinoso — jelly-like
  • Georgian: ჟელატინის (želaṭinis) — jelly-like
  • Georgian: ჟელატინისებრი (želaṭinisebri) — jelly-like
  • Georgian: ლაბოვანი (labovani) — jelly-like
  • German: gelatineartig — jelly-like
  • German: gelatinös — jelly-like
  • German: geleeartig — jelly-like
  • Italian: gelatinoso — jelly-like
  • Polish: galaretowaty — jelly-like
  • Portuguese: gelatinoso — jelly-like
  • Russian: студени́стый (studenístyj) — jelly-like
  • Slovene: zdrizast — jelly-like
  • Spanish: gelatinoso — jelly-like
  • Swedish: gelatinartad — jelly-like
  • Catalan: gelatinós — of or referring to gelatin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動物膠的 /动物胶的 (dòngwùjiāo de) — of or referring to gelatin
  • Finnish: gelatiininen — of or referring to gelatin
  • Georgian: ჟელატინისებრი (želaṭinisebri) — of or referring to gelatin
  • Georgian: ჟელატინის (želaṭinis) — of or referring to gelatin
  • Georgian: ლაბრისებრი (labrisebri) — of or referring to gelatin
  • German: Gelatine- — of or referring to gelatin
  • Polish: żelatynowy — of or referring to gelatin
  • Russian: желатиновый (želatinovyj) — of or referring to gelatin
  • Slovene: želatinast — of or referring to gelatin