Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gelati

/d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: gelati
IPA: /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of gelato

noun

gelato, Italian style ice-cream; a serving of gelato, often in a cone.

Australian usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Out in Fitzroy Street, the Saturday afternoon crowds strolled the wide footpaths, licking gelati."
"Gelati. Gelati. Limone, Strawberry, Chocolaty! shouts the Gelati man from the south of his face."
"‘Would you kids like some gelati?’ Lucia asked.[…]At home we usually had Peter′s Rainbow, but we′d had gelati heaps of times at Flash, the gelati shop in Hindley Street."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: *gel-, gelati, gelātus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/
British English: /dʒəˈlɑːtɪ/

Usage

Rhymes With

karate coati dolcelatte tolyatti

Questions

How do you pronounce gelati?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/.
What does gelati mean?: plural of gelato
Where does gelati come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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