adj
Meaning 1
Jealous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jelly
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, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛli/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒeli/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /ˈd͡ʒɛle/
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Scotland: /-lɪ/
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Scotland: /-li/
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rhymes with -ɛli
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CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, countable, uncountable
Examples
- His mother prepared jelly for him and his friends for dessert.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jello
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jam
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Clipping of jelly coconut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Caribbean, Jamaica, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- calf's-foot jelly
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A jellyfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 8
A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A large backside, especially a woman's.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative spelling of gelly: clipping of gelignite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
A jelly shoe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
Blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To make into jelly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 15
To preserve in jelly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 16
To wiggle like jelly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 17
a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
Narrower terms: apple jelly, grape jelly
noun
Meaning 18
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gelatin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
Narrower terms: calf's-foot jelly, gelatin dessert, aspic
noun
Meaning 19
any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: substance
Narrower terms: petrolatum, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly
verb
Meaning 20
make into jelly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- jellify a liquid
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jellify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
History
Etymology
Clipping of jealous + -y (informal adjective ending).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin gelō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Early Medieval Latin gelāta Old French geleebor. Middle English gele English jelly Inherited from Middle English gele. Doublet of gelee.
Across languages
Translations
151 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هُلَام (hulām) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Bulgarian: желе́ (želé) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Catalan: gelatina — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Chinese Cantonese: 啫喱 — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Chinese Mandarin: 果凍 /果冻 (guǒdòng) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Chinese Mandarin: 果子凍 /果子冻 (guǒzidòng) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Czech: želé — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Danish: gelé — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Erzya: терьге (teŕge) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Esperanto: ĵeleo — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Finnish: hyytelö — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- French: gelée — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Georgian: ჟელე (žele) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- German: Gelee — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- German: Sulz — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- German: Wackelpudding — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- German: Wackelpeter — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- German: Götterspeise — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Greek: ζελές (zelés) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Greek: ζελέ (zelé) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Hungarian: zselé — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Hungarian: puding — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Ido: jeleo — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Indonesian: jeli — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Italian: gelatina — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Japanese: ゼリー (zerī) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Korean: 젤리 (jelli) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Korean: 단묵 (danmuk) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Latvian: želeja — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Lithuanian: želė — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Lithuanian: drebučiai — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Macedonian: желе́ (želé) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Malay: lengkong — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Malay: jeli — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Persian: ژله (žele) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Persian: لرزانک (larzânak) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Polish: galaretka — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Portuguese: gelatina — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Romanian: jeleu — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Russian: желе́ (želé) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Scottish Gaelic: slaman-milis — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Slovak: želé — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Spanish: gelatina — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Spanish: jalea — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Spanish: jaletina — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Spanish: yeli — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Swedish: gelé — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Tagalog: haleya — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Thai: เยลลี — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Thai: เจลลี — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Turkish: jöle — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Ottoman Turkish: پختی (pıhtı) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Ukrainian: желе (žele) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Vietnamese: thạch — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Vietnamese: rau câu — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Welsh: jeli — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Welsh: sieli — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Yiddish: זשעלע (zhele) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Yiddish: דזשעלאָ (dzhelo) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Yiddish: גליווער (gliver) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Yiddish: גאַלאַרעט (galaret) — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Yup'ik: siliyaq — dessert made by boiling gelatin
- Bulgarian: пелте (pelte) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Bulgarian: желе (žele) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Czech: želé — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Danish: gelé — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Finnish: hillo — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- French: gelée — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Georgian: ჟელე (žele) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- German: Gelee — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Greek: ζελατίνη (zelatíni) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Hungarian: gyümölcskocsonya — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Hungarian: gyümölcszselé — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Portuguese: geleia — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Russian: желе́ (želé) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Scottish Gaelic: silidh — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Spanish: jalea — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Tagalog: haleya — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Thai: เยลลี — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Thai: เจลลี — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Turkish: pelte — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Yiddish: זשעלע (zhele) — sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- Catalan: melmelada — jam
- Chinese Cantonese: 果jam — jam
- Chinese Cantonese: 果占 — jam
- Chinese Mandarin: 果醬 /果酱 (guǒjiàng) — jam
- Czech: džem — jam
- Czech: marmeláda — jam
- Danish: syltetøj — jam
- Danish: marmelade — jam
- Dutch: gelei — jam
- Finnish: hillo — jam
- French: confiture — jam
- Georgian: ჯემი (ǯemi) — jam
- German: Marmelade — jam
- German: Gelee — jam
- Greek: μαρμελάδα (marmeláda) — jam
- Greek: ζελέ (zelé) — jam
- Hungarian: dzsem — jam
- Hungarian: lekvár — jam
- Indonesian: selai — jam
- Indonesian: jeli — jam
- Italian: marmellata — jam
- Japanese: ジャム (jamu) — jam
- Latin: condītus — jam
- Portuguese: doce — jam
- Portuguese: chimia — jam
- Romanian: marmeladă — jam
- Russian: желе́ (želé) — jam
- Scottish Gaelic: silidh — jam
- Slovak: džem — jam
- Slovak: marmeláda — jam
- Spanish: mermelada — jam
- Spanish: confitura — jam
- Swedish: sylt — jam
- Swedish: marmelad — jam
- Thai: แยม (yɛɛm) — jam
- Turkish: marmelat — jam
- Yiddish: זשעלע (zhele) — jam
- Yiddish: אײַנגעמאַכטס (ayngemakhts) — jam
- Dutch: gelei — sieved jam
- Finnish: marmeladi — sieved jam
- German: Gelee — sieved jam
- Italian: gelatina — sieved jam
- Russian: желе́ (želé) — sieved jam
- Turkish: jöle — sieved jam
- Bulgarian: пача (pača) — meat dish
- Finnish: aladobi — meat dish
- Greek: πηκτή (piktí) — meat dish
- Hungarian: kocsonya — meat dish
- Hungarian: aszpik — meat dish
- Italian: gelatina — meat dish
- Persian: هلام (holâm) — meat dish
- Polish: galareta — meat dish
- Polish: auszpik — meat dish
- Polish: galart — meat dish
- Polish: zimne nóżki — meat dish
- Portuguese: mocotó — meat dish
- Russian: сту́день (stúdenʹ) — meat dish
- Russian: холоде́ц (xolodéc) — meat dish
- French: gros cul — large backside
- Italian: culaccio — large backside
- Korean: 과동 (gwadong) — large backside
- Polish: dupsko — large backside
- Polish: zad — large backside
- Russian: попе́ц (popéc) — large backside
- Russian: жопе́нь (žopénʹ) — large backside
- Finnish: hyytelöidä — to make jelly
- Georgian: ჟელეს გაკეთება (želes gaḳeteba) — to make jelly
- Georgian: ჟელეს მომზადება (želes momzadeba) — to make jelly
- Finnish: tytistä — to wiggle like jelly
Real reading context