gel
French, noun/ʒɛl/
gel is spelled G-E-L (3 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gel is a French masculine noun meaning “frost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solidification de l’eau en glace”.
What does gel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrost
- 2
masculinegel (suspension of solid in liquid)
- 3
masculinegel (cosmetic preparation)
- 4
Canadacolloquialmasculinefall freeze
- 5
Canadacolloquialmasculinefreeze-up, one of the 6 seasons of high latitudes; the freeze.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Solidification de l’eau en glace. 2. Température en dessous de zéro degré Celsius. 3. Solution colloïdale qui est surtout liquide paraissant un solide. 4. Arrêt.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gel
- gels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gel?
- /ʒɛl/
- \ʒɛl\
- [lə ʒɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gel in French?
gel appears 9.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).