gelée
French, noun/ʒə.le/
gelée is spelled G-E-L-É-E (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelée is a French feminine noun meaning “frost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of gelé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Froid qui glace l’eau et qui rend les corps plus rigides”.
What does gelée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrost
- 2
femininejelly (wobbly food)
- 3
femininejelly-like substance
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gelé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Froid qui glace l’eau et qui rend les corps plus rigides. 2. Suc de viande ou de quelque autre substance qui a pris une consistance molle en se refroidissant. 3. Jus de fruits cuits avec du sucre qui prend par le refroidissement une consistance gélatineuse. 4. État gélatineux de parties végétales ou animales.
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 gelée
- gelées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gelée?
- /ʒə.le/
- \ʒə.le\
- [ʒə.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gelée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gelée in French?
gelée appears 3.9 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).