# gele
## English
### Alternative forms

* gelee

### Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba gèlè.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

gele (plural gele or geles)
* A traditional head tie native to Yoruba women of West Africa (Nigeria, Benin and Togo).
** 2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:At recent parades of nations women on the Indian team have worn saris, and on the Nigerian one geles. Caribbean contingents can be relied on for color.

### Further reading

* gele (head tie) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈχɪə.lə/

### Adjective

gele
* attributive form of geel

## Bambara
### Noun

gele
* African mesquite (Prosopis africana)

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* gelé

### Etymology

From French gelée, from Latin gelātus (“frozen”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sjele/, [ɕeˈle]
* Rhymes: -e

### Noun

gele c (singular definite geleen, plural indefinite geleer)
* jelly
* gel

#### Derived terms

* geleagtig, geléagtig

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːlə
* IPA: /ˈɣeː.lə/

### Adjective

gele
* inflection of geel:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

### Anagrams

* egel, geel, leeg, lege

## German
### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

gele
* inflection of gel:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* gokel (Prokem)

### Noun

gele (plural gele-gele)
* (slang) hemp plant
* (slang) hashish, marijuana

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* jelyf, gelly, gelye, gelle, gelee, gely

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gelee (“frost”), from Early Medieval Latin gelāta. Equivalent to gelen +‎ -e (participial suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒɛˈleː/, /ˈdʒɛːleː/

### Noun

gele (plural gelees)
* A jelly made from the stock of meats or a meal it is part of.
* (medicine) A jelly used as a pharmaceutical.
* Any jelly or something that resembles it.

#### Related terms

* gelen

#### Descendants

* English: jelly
* Scots: jeely

#### References

* “ǧelẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.

## Niuean
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋeːleː/

### Verb

gele
* start crying

#### Derived terms

* gegele

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural geleer, definite plural geleene)
* alternative spelling of gelé

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

gele m (definite singular geleen, indefinite plural gelear, definite plural geleane)
* alternative spelling of gelé

## Portuguese
### Verb

gele
* inflection of gelar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡe.l̪e/

### Verb

gele
* (stative) to be blunt

#### Alternative forms

* gegele

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Probably from Hausa gyàlè (“shawl”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡè.lè/

### Noun

gèlè
* a woman's headwrap
    we gèlè ― to wear a gele
** 1993 November 24, Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, “Ẹ̀kọ́ Kẹsànán - Clothing”, in Jẹ́ K'Á Sọ Yorùbá [Let's Speak Yoruba], Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 159:Fún òde pàtàkì, obìnrin Yorùbá gbọ́dọ̀ ró ìró, ó gbọ́dọ̀ wọ bùbá, ó gbọ́dọ̀ we gèlè, ó sì gbọ́dọ̀ fi ìboorùn kọ́ èjìká.For important occasions, a Yoruba woman must tie a wrapper, wear a blouse, wear a gele, and hang a scarf on her shoulder.

#### Descendants

* → English: gele, gelee