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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgélide
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʒelid
"L'eau du lac était gélide au petit matin."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Extremely cold or icy; freezing.
"The mountaineers faced gelid winds blowing fiercely across the high-altitude ridge." - 2
Extremely cold in manner, emotion, or temperament; chillingly indifferent.
"She greeted his inappropriate remarks with a gelid stare."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin adjective gelidus (icy, frost-covered), stemming from gelu (frost, cold). Entering English in the mid-17th century, it was adopted into literary and scientific registers to convey an extreme, piercing degree of coldness beyond ordinary freezing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gelid" is said worldwide
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gélide
Transliteration: ʒelid
"L'eau du lac était gélide au petit matin."
gellend
Transliteration: ɡɛlənt
"Ein eisiger Wind wehte durch die gellende Winternacht."
gelido
Transliteration: ˈdʒɛlido
"L'aria di montagna era gelido all'alba."
gélido
Transliteration: ˈxelido
"El viento gélido soplaba desde las cumbres nevadas."
gélido
Transliteration: ˈʒɛlidu
"Ele nos recebeu com um olhar gélido."
बर्फीला
Transliteration: barfeela
"पहाड़ों से बर्फीली हवा चल रही थी।"
冰冷的
Transliteration: bīnglěng de
"外面吹着冰冷的寒风。"
얼음 같이 차가운
Transliteration: eoreum gachi chagaun
"그는 나에게 얼음 같이 차가운 시선을 보냈다."
氷のような
Transliteration: koori no you na
"外には氷のような冷たい風が吹いていた。"
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