EuroLex/F/Jelly
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: gelée - 1. frost, freeze; 2. jelly, aspic
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | želé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | gelé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | gelei | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| English | jelly | 14c;
slang meaning: 20c | 'meaning 2;
and also: a) a plastic sandal or shoe; b) slang "vagina, sexual intercourse"' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Gelée | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | zselé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | gelatina | ... | 'meaning2' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | želeja | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | želė | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | gelé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | galareta | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | geleia | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | želé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | žele | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | gelatina | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | gelé | ... | 'meaning 2' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from OF gelée "a frost, jelly", fem. pp. of geler "congeal", from L gelare "to freeze", from gelu "frost".
Jellyfish as the popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures is from 1841. Jellybean first attested 1908. Jellyroll "cylindrical cake containing jelly or jam" is from 1895; as slang for "vagina, sexual intercourse" it dates from 1914.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
editmeaning 2:
Estonian: tarretis
Finnish: hyytelö