gelato

Meaning

Opposite of
ardente, bollente, caldissimo, cocente, incandescente, rovente
Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ge‧là‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒeˈla.to/
Etymology

From Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). By surface analysis, gelo (“frost, cold”) + -ato (past participle suffix). Literally, “frozen.”

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