Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gelisol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ge-lisol
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of soil found in cold climates, containing permafrost near the surface.

Etymology

Latin gelāre (“freeze”) + + -sol

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: gelāre
Suffix: sol

Inflected Forms

gelisols (plural)

Synonyms

cryosol

Questions

What does gelisol mean?: A kind of soil found in cold climates, containing permafrost near the surface.
Where does gelisol come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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