Dictionary

gelid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əd/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū̆ Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gelidus English gelid First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).

Meanings

1. (literary) Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
   • In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close. 2005, Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams:
   • Above the gelid source of mountain springs, ⁠A solitary eagle, circling, flies. 1898, Florence Earle Coates, “Siberia”, in Poems:
   • Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things. 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
   • For a while he stares out of the window. It is twilight - cold, deepening twilight. Over the roofs of the opposite house-backs, two garden lengths away, the sky is gelid, luminous, sad. A quiet albescent yellow. Everything is very still. 2008, David Szalay, London and the South-East:

Forms

Deriveds

gelidity · gelidness · gelidly

Translations (28)

ru ледяно́й (very cold; icy) · de eiskalt (very cold; icy) · pt gélido (very cold; icy) · es gélido (very cold; icy) · de eisig (very cold; icy) · fr glacial (very cold; icy) · fi jäätävä (very cold; icy) · ka ცივ-ცივი (very cold; icy) · ka ყინულიანი (very cold; icy) · fr froid (very cold; icy) · ka გაყინული (very cold; icy) · de frostig (very cold; icy) · sv frusen (very cold; icy) · fr glacé (very cold; icy) · cs ledový (very cold; icy) · it freddo (very cold; icy) · uk крижаний (very cold; icy) · ka ყინულოვანი (very cold; icy) · fi jääkylmä (very cold; icy) · uk льодовий (very cold; icy) · sv iskall (very cold; icy) · ka ცივი (very cold; icy) · it gelido (very cold; icy) · cs krahová (very cold; icy) · it gelato (very cold; icy) · it ghiacciato (very cold; icy) · bg леден (very cold; icy) · nl ijzig (very cold; icy)