gelatin

• gelatine

Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/, (less often) /ˈd͡ʒɛlətiːn/

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gelatin (countable and uncountable, plural gelatins)

1. A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.
2. An edible jelly made from this material.
3. A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.
   • 2010 April, Frank Zullo, “Imaging Prehistoric Sunrises”, in Astronomy, volume 38, number 4, page 50:

     For both images I placed a Kodak 4.0 neutral-density gelatin filter over the lens to reduce the Sun's brightness.

• E441 when used as a gelling agent

gelatin (third-person singular simple present gelatins, present participle gelatining, simple past and past participle gelatined)

1. (transitive) To coat with gelatin.

• atingle, elating, genital, langite, tag line, tagline

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

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gelatin m or n (definite singular gelatinen or gelatinet)

1. gelatine or gelatin

• “gelatin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

gelatin m or n (definite singular gelatinen or gelatinet)

1. gelatine or gelatin

• “gelatin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin gelatus via French gélatine.

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gelatin n (uncountable)

1. gelatine

• gelatin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gelatin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gelatin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• gentila