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gelato

noun · 1 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːtəʊ

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noun

Meaning 1

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِيلَاتِي (jīlātī) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Arabic: جِيلَاتُو (jīlātū) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Bulgarian: джела́то (dželáto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Catalan: gelat — Italian-style ice cream
  • Catalan: gelat italià — Italian-style ice cream
  • Chinese Cantonese: 意式雪糕 (ji3 sik1 syut3 gou1) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意大利冰淇淋 (Yìdàlì bīngqílín) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Dutch: Italiaans ijs — Italian-style ice cream
  • Finnish: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Finnish: jäätelö — Italian-style ice cream
  • Finnish: italialainen jäätelö — Italian-style ice cream
  • French: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • French: glace à l'italienne — Italian-style ice cream
  • Georgian: ჯელატო (ǯelaṭo) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Greek: τζελάτο (tzeláto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Hebrew: גֶ׳לָאטוֹ (jeláto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Hindi: जेलातो (jelāto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Indonesian: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Italian: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Italian: gelato italiano — Italian-style ice cream
  • Italian: gelato all'italiana — Italian-style ice cream
  • Japanese: ジェラート (jerāto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Korean: 젤라토 (jellato) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Macedonian: џелато (dželato) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Marathi: जेलातो (jelāto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Polish: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Romanian: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Russian: джела́то (dželáto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Russian: жела́то (želáto) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Swedish: gelato — Italian-style ice cream
  • Thai: เจลาโต (jee-laa-dtoo) — Italian-style ice cream
  • Turkish: Roma dondurması — Italian-style ice cream
  • Turkish: gelato — Italian-style ice cream