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gelati

UK/dʒəˈlɑːtɪ//d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/

gelati is the plural of gelato.

Meaning of gelato

Noun

gelato (usually uncountable, plural gelati or gelatos)

  1. (usually) An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
    • Now the area has been remade in their image. Every other storefront seems to be a coffee shop, a gelato shop, or a med spa.2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025

Noun

gelati (usually uncountable, plural gelati)

  1. (Australia, usually) gelato, Italian style ice-cream; a serving of gelato, often in a cone.
    • Out in Fitzroy Street, the Saturday afternoon crowds strolled the wide footpaths, licking gelati.1988, Frank Moorhouse, editor, Fictions 88, ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcast Corp., page 64
    • Gelati. Gelati. Limone, Strawberry, Chocolaty! shouts the Gelati man from the south of his face.1993, University of Western Australia, Westerly, volumes 38–39, page 37

Forms of gelati

pluralgelati

Origin of gelati

Borrowed from Italian gelati, the plural form of gelato, from Latin gelātus, derived from gelū (“frost, chill”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Words that rhyme with gelati

Questions about gelati

What does gelati mean?
Gelati means gelato, Italian style ice-cream; a serving of gelato, often in a cone.
What is gelati the plural of?
Gelati is the plural of gelato.
What part of speech is gelati?
Gelati is a noun.
How do you pronounce gelati?
Gelati is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/ (US).
What is the plural of gelati?
The plural of gelati is gelati.

Words near gelati in the dictionary

  1. gelated
  2. gelateria
  3. gelaterias
  4. gelaterie
  5. gelates
  6. gelati
  7. gelatification
  8. gelatigenous
  9. gelatin
  10. gelatin salad
  11. gelatin salads

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