LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

gelāta

gelāta f (genitive gelātae)

Meaning

  1. EarlyMedieval Latinfrost

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegelātagelātae
genitivegelātaegelātārum
dativegelātaegelātīs
accusativegelātamgelātās
ablativegelātāgelātīs
vocativegelātagelātae

Origins

From gelō (“freeze”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Attested in the Reichenau Glossary.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalangelada
  • Occitangelada
  • Franco-Provençalgelâ
  • Old Frenchgelee
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesegeadafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geada
  • Spanishhelada
  • Aragonesechelada
  • Leonesexelada
  • Galicianxeadafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geada
  • Galiciangeadafrom Old Galician-Portuguese geada
Italo-Romance
  • Italiangelata
  • Sicilianjilata

In English words that came into English from gelāta

  • galantinegelāta

Quick answers

What does gelāta mean in Latin?
gelāta, a noun, means “frost”.
What is the genitive of gelāta?
The genitive singular is gelātae. gelāta is feminine, first declension.