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5-letter words (2 found)

GELID,GLIDE,

4-letter words (12 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,EILD,GELD,GIED,GILD,GLED,GLEI,GLID,IDLE,LIED,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIG,ELD,GED,GEL,GID,GIE,IDE,LED,LEG,LEI,LID,LIE,LIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,GI,ID,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 39 words from gelid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gelid

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Definitions and meaning of gelid

gelid

Etymology

First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (cold), from gelu (frost).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əd/

Adjective

gelid (comparative more gelid, superlative most gelid)

  1. Very cold; icy or frosty.

Derived terms

  • gelidity / gelidness
  • gelidly

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Glide, glide, lidge, liged

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gelit; cognate with German Glied. By surface analysis, ge- +‎ lid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈlɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧lid
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

gelid n (plural gelederen)

  1. row of a formation, battle line
  2. an organizational rank, especially a military rank

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: gelid

Noun

gelid n (plural geleden)

  1. a joint, a point of articulation

Anagrams

  • gilde, ledig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷeleti (to graze), of uncertain origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷlew-, extension from *gʷel- (throat), which could be imitative. See also Old English ceole, German Kehle, Proto-Slavic *glъtati (to devour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʲe.lʲəð/

Verb

gelid (conjunct ·geil, verbal noun gelt)

  1. to graze, consume
    • c. 700, De Origine Scoticae Linguae from the Yellow Book of Lecan, O'Mulc. 830
    • c. 800, Immacaldam Choluim Cille ⁊ ind óclaig, published in "The Lough Foyle Colloquy Texts: Immacaldam Choluim Chille 7 ind Óclaig oc Carraic Eolairg and Immacaldam in Druad Brain 7 Inna Banḟátho Febuil Ós Loch Ḟebuil", Ériu 52 (2002), pp. 53-87, edited and with translations by John Carey,
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 80a11
      géldaeglosses Latin depastus est
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 143b1
      gelidglosses Latin depascitur

Inflection

Derived terms

  • con·geil
  • fo·geil

References

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gelid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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