English Explanatory Dictionary

jelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
  3. Clipping of jelly coconut.
  4. A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
  5. Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
  6. A jellyfish.
  7. A pretty girl; a girlfriend.
  8. A large backside, especially a woman's.
  9. Alternative spelling of gelly: clipping of gelignite.
  10. A jelly shoe.
  11. Blood.
verb
  1. To make into jelly.
  2. To preserve in jelly.
  3. To wiggle like jelly.
adj
  1. Jealous.
noun
  1. Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛl.i/ EN-AU ck1 jelly.ogg en-us-jelly.ogg

Word forms

jelly jellies gelly jellying jellied more jelly most jelly

Etymology

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-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.

Synonyms

jello Jell-O jam marmalade aspic

Related words

gel gelatin

Derived words

astral jelly blood jelly bloodybelly comb jelly box jelly bread jelly coconut jelly comb jelly combjelly comb-jelly crystal jelly giant phantom jelly golden jelly fungus grape jelly grass jelly hair jelly hedgerow jelly jellification jelliform jellify jellium jelloid jelly baby jellybag jelly bean jelly belly jelly blubber jelly bracelet jellybrain jelly cake jellycoat jelly-coconut jellycopter jelly donut jelly doughnut jelly ear jelly fish jellyfish jelly-fish jelly fungus jelly glass jellygraph jellyish jelly leaf jellylike jelly of Wharton jelly palm jelly plant jelly powder jelly roll jelly roll pan jelly shot jelly tooth jellyvore jellyvorous meat jelly mint jelly moon jelly nail jelly to a wall peachy keen jelly bean peanut butter and jelly

Translations

Bulgarian: пелте Bulgarian: желе Czech: želé Danish: gelé Finnish: hillo French: gelée Georgian: ჟელე German: Gelee Greek: ζελατίνη Hungarian: gyümölcskocsonya Hungarian: gyümölcszselé Portuguese: geleia Russian: желе́ Scottish Gaelic: silidh Spanish: jalea Tagalog: haleya Thai: เยลลี Thai: เจลลี Turkish: pelte Yiddish: זשעלע
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