gelatin

CEFRC1

/ˈd͡ʒɛlətɪn/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A clear substance used to make foods soft and jelly-like.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A thin, translucent membrane used as a filter for photography or for theatrical lighting effects.

Examples

  • I make panna cotta without using gelatin.

  • Most gummy bears are not vegan, because they contain animal gelatin.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈd͡ʒɛlətiːn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An edible jelly made from this material.

  2. A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To coat with gelatin.

More examples

In context

  • Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin.

  • For both images I placed a Kodak 4.0 neutral-density gelatin filter over the lens to reduce the Sun's brightness.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

To make the dessert set, she dissolved blank in hot water and then chilled it.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).