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Meaning of "gelid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GELID

From Latin gelidus icy cold, from gelu frost.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GELID

gelid  [ˈdʒɛlɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GELID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gelid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GELID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gelid in the English dictionary

The definition of gelid in the dictionary is very cold, icy, or frosty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GELID


bellied
ˈbelɪd
bullied
ˈbʊlɪd
calid
ˈkælɪd
camelid
kəˈmɛlɪd
chrysomelid
ˌkrɪsəˈmɛlɪd
cichlid
ˈsɪklɪd
Euclid
ˈjuːklɪd
eyelid
ˈaɪˌlɪd
halid
ˈhælɪd
jellied
ˈdʒɛlɪd
lid
lɪd
olid
ˈɒlɪd
pot-bellied
ˌpɒtˈbɛlɪd
rallied
ˈrælɪd
rock-solid
ˌrɒkˈsɒlɪd
semisolid
ˌsɛmɪˈsɒlɪd
slid
slɪd
solid
ˈsɒlɪd
stolid
ˈstɒlɪd
valid
ˈvælɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GELID

gelation
gelato
gelcap
geld
gelder
Gelderland
gelding
Geldof
gelee
Gelibolu
gelidity
gelidly
gelidness
gelignite
Gell-Mann
gellant
gelled
gelliflowre
Gelligaer
gelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE GELID

annelid
backslid
callid
chrysalid
felid
flip one´s lid
glid
invalid
maelid
nymphalid
Ozalid
pallid
pan lid
psyllid
scopelid
screw lid
semi-invalid
squalid
third eyelid
Valladolid

Synonyms and antonyms of gelid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GELID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gelid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gelid

Translation of «gelid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GELID

Find out the translation of gelid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gelid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gelid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰似的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gelid
570 millions of speakers

English

gelid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gelid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Gelid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gelid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুষার-শীতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glacial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geliert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

極寒の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

냉담한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị lạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gelid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेलिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok soğuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gelido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gelid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Gelid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gelid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gelid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ijskoud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gelid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gelid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gelid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GELID»

The term «gelid» is regularly used and occupies the 64.567 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GELID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gelid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gelid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gelid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GELID»

Discover the use of gelid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gelid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gelid Woman
[Siren Classic: Erotic Contemporary Romance] Liz has been on automatic pilot, her emotions frozen since her divorce.
Lillith Payne, 2010
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... tally (see AGREE): »match, equal Ant differ —Con diverge (see SWERVE) coincident synchronous, simultaneous, concurrent, concomitant, coeval, coetaneous, contemporaneous, »contemporary cold, cool, chilly, frigid, freezing, frosty, gelid, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
England, in a merchant ship under dition of taking the name, and is now my convoy, and became our neigh- Mr Slapbang. But old Gelid, and my hours. Bang also got married Boon other allies remain, I believe, in statu after to Miss Lucretia  ...
‎1833
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Tom Cringle's log
"Bless me," said Gelid, "don't you remember the beautiful calipeever we had that day? " "Really I do not," said Pepperpot, "I have had so many good feeds there." " Why," continued Gelid, "Lord love you, Wagtail, not remember that calipeever, ...
Michaël Scott, 1834
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
l'lOD'l. GELID GELID, cool, cold. (L.) ' Dwells in their gelid pores; ' Thomson, Autumn, 642. ' Or gelid hail;' Chapman, tr. of Homer, Il. xv. 162. —L. gelidus, cool, cold.-L. gelu, frost. Brugmanu, i. § 481. See C001. Der. gelid-ly, gelid-ness. GEM  ...
Walter W. Skeat, 2013
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Augustan Poetic Diction
They are indefinable because the dictionary cannot assess the Italian light they derive from the Georgies. Take, for example, gelid. Johnson defines it as ' extremely cold', and this is sometimes its meaning: Professor Sherard Vines, for instance ...
Geoffrey Tillotson, 2014
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The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer
But the mood lifts in the next stanza with that rare and unexpected verb 'hilling', though 'rancid' deliberately skews this effect and prepares the way for another unexpected Latinate adjective, 'gelid', in the next stanza, which is packed with d ...
Tom Paulin, 2011
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Augustan Studies
They are indefinable because the dictionary cannot assess the Italian light they derive from the Georgies. Take, for example, gelid. Johnson defines it as ' extremely cold', and this is sometimes its meaning: Professor Sherard Vines, for instance ...
Geoffrey Tillotson, 2014
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Nymphs 1 you first taught the gelid wave to rise, Hurled in resplendent arches to the skies ; In iron cells condensed the airy spring. And Imp'd the torrent with unfailing wing; On the tierce flames the stream impetuous falls. And sudden darkness ...
‎1876
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Selected Excerpts From "Who Really Goes to Hell --- The ...
Had the warning read “Exposure to gelid hydroxylic acid can result in horripilation" we might assume cigarettes contain gelid hydroxylic acid and that horripilation is some terrible medical disorder. In reality the label would simply be saying that ...
David I. Rudel

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GELID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gelid is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Reunion review – testing the boundary between fact and fiction
... something insightful about how scars in childhood shape us, but the gamesmanship of the construction coats the content in a gelid irony. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Review on Custom Build (Feedback)
If you really want some, this the Gelid GC Extreme is by far the best stuff I've used. There's better stuff like IC Diamond, but I've never found it to ... «Custom PC Review, Jul 15»
3
Remnant of Boston's Brutal Winter Threatens to Outlast Summer
The gelid interior keeps any melting to a trickle. “Water coming off the mound was refreezing because this mass is so cold,” Mr. Nee said. «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Gelid Polar 1U Low Profile CPU Cooler Announced
Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions unveils the latest 1U low profile cooler for Intel CPU. The POLAR CPU cooler is a product of ... «Legit Reviews, Jul 15»
5
From the Balcony
The shades down the street were exuberant and luring like a gelid breeze after endless scorching heat of dissatisfaction after getting almost ... «Kashmir Images, Jul 15»
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Launch of “POLAR” – CPU Cooler from GELID Solutions
Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions unveils the latest 1U low profile cooler for IntelTM CPU. The POLAR CPU cooler is a product of GELID Solutions ... «HEXUS, Jul 15»
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It's Raining Men? Man Clings to Plane From South Africa to U.K. …
Aviation experts noted that a man who clings to a plane traversing the Johannesburg-London route must endure life-threateningly gelid ... «iSchoolGuide, Jun 15»
8
GELID eyes wearables potential in Russia & CIS
Hong Kong-based GELID Solutions will showcase its range of wearables including smartwatches, activity trackers and smart bands to channel ... «Channel EMEA, Jun 15»
9
Gelid has fans and medical sensors
Gelid Logo Gelid was showing off something old, something new, and something different at Computex. SemiAccurate thinks that the different ... «SemiAccurate, Jun 15»
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GELID Launches Slim Silence AM1 CPU Cooler
Thermal Solutions specialist GELID Solutions unveils its 1U low profile Slim Silence AM1 CPU cooler. The cooler is a product of GELID ... «HardwareHeaven.com, Nov 14»

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