Dictionary

Jell-O en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʒɛləʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈdʒɛloʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. Clipping of gelatin and jelly, both ultimately from Latin gelō (“to freeze, cause to congeal”), following a then relatively popular trend in the United States to add “O” to the end of products, which according to The Dictionary of Trade Names Origins started because the letter is pleasing to the eye. By surface analysis, jell (“jelly”) + -o.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) A brand of dessert made from gelatin.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.
2. (broadly, qualifier:genericized trademark) Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.
   • The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price.

Forms

Deriveds

Jell-O shot · nail Jell-O to a tree

Synonyms

jelly

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