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lineament
English
Etymology
From Middle French linéament, from Latin lineamentum, from linea (line).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?.n??.m?nt/
Noun
lineament (plural lineaments)
- Any distinctive shape or line, etc.
- A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of the face of an individual.
- 1609, Thomas Dekker, The Guls Horn-Booke, London: J.M. Dent, 1905, p. 23, [2]
- […] onely remember, that so soone as thy eyelids be unglewd, thy first exercise must be (either sitting upright on thy pillow, or rarely loling at thy bodies whole length) to yawne, to stretch, and to gape wider then any oyster-wife : for thereby thou doest not onely send out the lively spirits (like vaunt-curers) to fortifie and make good the uttermost borders of the body ; but also (as a cunning painter) thy goodly lineaments are drawne out in their fairest proportion.
- 1791, William Blake, The French Revolution, Book I, 31-32, [3]
- […] a mask of iron on his face hid the lineaments
- Of ancient Kings, and the frown of the eternal lion was hid from the oppressed earth.
- 1923, James Stephens, Deirdre, London: Macmillan, Chapter VIII, p. 55, [4]
- But she could not wipe out the king's majesty with that sponge nor alter one lineament of the portrait she had taken ten years to limn.
- 1927, John Crowe Ransom, Dead Boy:
- A pig with a pasty face, so I had said,
- Squealing for cookies, kinned by poor pretense
- With a noble house. But the little man quite dead,
- I see the forbears' antique lineaments.
- 1609, Thomas Dekker, The Guls Horn-Booke, London: J.M. Dent, 1905, p. 23, [2]
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
References
- lineament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- alinement
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gel
English
Etymology 1
Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: j?l, IPA(key): /d??l/
- Rhymes: -?l
- Homophones: jel, jell
Noun
gel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)
- A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids
Verb
gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)
- (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
- (intransitive) To become a gel.
- (intransitive) To develop a rapport.
- He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To come together to form something; to cohere.
- We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.
Translations
See also
- aerosol
- colloid
- emulsion
- foam
- sol
Etymology 2
Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?l, IPA(key): /??l/
Noun
gel (plural gels)
- (Britain) A girl.
Anagrams
- ELG, ElG, leg, leg.
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /???l/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d???l/
Noun
gel m (plural gels)
- ice
- Synonym: glaç
- gel
Related terms
- gelar
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- ghéel (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German gël, from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”). Cognate with German gelb, English yellow.
Adjective
gel
- (Luserna) yellow
References
- “gel” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l/, /d??l/
Noun
gel m or n (plural gels)
- gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
- gel (cosmetic preparation)
Anagrams
- leg
Dutch Low Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?l/
Adjective
gel
- yellow
French
Etymology
From Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", cf. English gel; compare gélatine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l/
Noun
gel m (plural gels)
- frost
- Synonym: givre
- gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
- gel (cosmetic preparation)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- glace
Further reading
- “gel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
gel (comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)
Declension
German Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?l/
Adjective
gel
- Alternative spelling of geel
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /c??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Noun
gel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)
- gel
Declension
Nalca
Noun
gel
- woman
- wife
Old French
Alternative forms
- jel
Contraction
gel
- Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??el/
Adjective
gel
- bright
- clear
- white
Declension
Derived terms
- aingel
Descendants
- Irish: geal
- Manx: gial
- Scottish Gaelic: geal
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?oylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English g?l, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”).
Adjective
g?l (comparative g?loro, superlative g?lost)
- wanton, lustful; wicked
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?w
Noun
gel m (plural géis or geles (rare))
- gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
Romanian
Etymology
From French gel.
Noun
gel n (plural geluri)
- gel
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From gelatina or borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xel/, [?xel]
Noun
gel m (plural geles)
- gel (semi-solid colloid of a solid and a liquid)
- gel (cosmetic gel, especially body wash)
Derived terms
- aerogel
Further reading
- “gel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English girl.
Noun
gel
- girl
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l/, [?æl]
Verb
gel
- second-person singular imperative of gelmek
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