Jell‐Oの英語

語源

Trademarked by Pearle Bixby Wait and named by his wife, May Wait. From gelatin and jelly, following a then relatively popular trend to add “O” to the end of products.^[1]

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛloʊ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛləʊ/
• 韻: -ɛləʊ

固有名詞

Jell-O

1. (US, Canada) A brand of dessert made from gelatin.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.
2. (by extension) Any brand of fruit flavored gelatin dessert mix.

   Synonym: (英国用法, Australia) jelly

   The store brand Jell-O is just as good and one third the price.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jell-O.

派生語

参照

語源

Genericization of the brand name Jell-O.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛloʊ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛləʊ/
• 韻: -ɛləʊ

名詞

jello (usually uncountable, 複数形 jellos)

1. (Canada, 米国用法) A dessert made by boiling flavoured gelatin in water
   • 1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Houghton Mifflin, published 2004, →ISBN, page 306:

     The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.

   • 2002, Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own, →ISBN, page 159:

     Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.

   • 2006, Xana, Harvest Moon, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 178,

     She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

同意語

• jelly (英国用法, Ireland, Australia)

派生語