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語源 1

Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

For the meaning development compare with Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ, “aspic, jelly, gel”) related to студёный (studjónyj, “cold”).

発音

• enPR: jĕl, IPA: /d͡ʒɛl/, [d͡ʒɛɫ]
• 異形同音異義語: jel, jell
• 韻: -ɛl

名詞

gel (countable and uncountable, plural gels)

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

   • 2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 2 July 2025:

     Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age.

2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
3. A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.

派生語

参考

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

動詞

gel (third-person singular simple present gels, present participle gelling, simple past and past participle gelled)

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
   • 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London)‎, archived from the original on 28 March 2019:

     It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.

2. (intransitive) To become a gel: to set up.

   Synonyms: set, jell out

3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.

   He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.

4. (intransitive, figurative) To come together to form something; to cohere.

   We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.

派生語

参考

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

語源 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

発音

• enPR: gĕl, IPA: /ɡɛl/

名詞

gel (plural gels)

1. (British, slang) A girl.
   • 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:

     "Now pray don't be troublesome, my dear gel," said Uncle Andrew.

アナグラム

• leg, leg., ElG, LGE, lge, ELG