different between sello vs jello

English

Etymology

Clipping of sellotape.

Pronunciation

Noun

sello (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang) sellotape.

Anagrams

• losel

Asturian

Verb

sello

1. first-person singular present indicative of sellar

Finnish

Noun

sello

1. cello

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?llo

Verb

sello

1. first-person singular present indicative of sellare

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin sigillum. Doublet of sigilo.

Noun

sello m (plural sellos)

1. seal, sigil
2. stamp (device for stamping designs)
3. stamp (imprint made by stamping)
4. postage stamp

   Synonym: estampilla

Derived terms

Related terms

• sellar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sello

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sellar.

Further reading

• “sello” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• ellos

English

Alternative forms

• Jell-O
• Jello

Etymology

Genericization of the brand name Jell-O.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??lo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

jello (usually uncountable, plural jellos)

1. (Canada, US) A dessert made by boiling flavoured gelatin in water
   • 1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 2004 Houghton Mifflin ed., ?ISBN, page 306,

     The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.

   • 2002, Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, ?ISBN, page 159,

     Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.

   • 2006, Xana, Harvest Moon, AuthorHouse, ?ISBN, page 178,

     She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

Synonyms

• jelly (UK, Ireland)