noun · uncountable · rare

gelato

ge·la·to

джелато, желато

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavouringsAn 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.

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UK/dʒəˈlɑːtəʊ/US/d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/

» Tom and Mary ate a gelato.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)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.
джела́тоdželáto, жела́тоželáto

Examples

4 sentences

Tom and Mary ate a gelato.
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Tom likes gelato.
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Let's get gelato.
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The American tourist insisted on gelato, for he was too hipstery for regular ice cream.
deDer amerikanische Tourist bestand auf Gelato, denn er war zu sehr ein Hipster, um normales Eis zu bestellen.
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Translations

5 languages

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By meaning 1

Italian-style ice cream:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian gelato (“ice cream”), from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost,

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

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Forms

plural: gelati / gelatos

Singular	gelato

uncountable

Word family

1 related words

Relatedgelateria

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable