geler

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• Rhymes: -eːlər

geler

1. comparative degree of geel

• leger, regel

Inherited from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre.

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.le/
• Homophones: gelai, gelé, gelée, gelées, gelés, gelez

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geler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to freeze
2. (impersonal, weather) to be very cold

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il gèle and the third-person singular future indicative il gèlera.

• geler à pierre fendre
• dégeler

• → German: gelieren

• “geler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• grêle, grêlé, léger, règle, réglé

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geler

1. comparative degree of gel
2. inflection of gel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ler/, [ˈɡɛɫ̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ler/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːler]

geler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gelō

Inherited from Latin gelāre.

geler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to freeze
2. (intransitive or reflexive) to be very cold

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-iels, *-ielt are modified to ieus, ieut. This verb has a stressed present stem giel distinct from the unstressed stem gel. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• gelee

• French: geler
• Norman: g'ler, g'laïr (Guernsey)
• Walloon: djaler
• → Middle English: gelen, gellyn
  • English: geal
  • Scots: geal, jeel