gelo
Signification (English)
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- (masculine, uncountable) ice (frozen water)
- (masculine) a cube or chunk of ice
- (informal, masculine) coldness; cold (low temperature)
- (figuratively, masculine) chill (a sudden sense of fear or anxiety)
- (figuratively, masculine) coldness (lack of emotion)
- (figuratively, masculine) a very cool place
Fréquence
Coupé comme
ge‧lo
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈʒe.lu/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese gelo, borrowed from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Displaced the inherited Old Portuguese geo.
Nouveau
gelar
- (intransitive) to freeze (become solid due to low temperature)
- (intransitive) to become cold
- (transitive) to cause to become cold
- (intransitive) to become dispassionate
- (intransitive) to freeze (become motionless)
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