Meaning
jelly, gelatin
- a soft, semi-solid food substance made from fruit juice or meat stock; jelly
- gelatin used as a gelling agent in cooking or cosmetics
- hair gel (gel per capelli)
In a sentence
Ai bambini piace la gelatina di fragole come dessert.
Children like strawberry jelly as a dessert.
Metti un po' di gelatina sui capelli prima di uscire.
Put a bit of gel on your hair before going out.
Per preparare questa torta serve un foglio di gelatina.
To make this cake you need a sheet of gelatin.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gelatina | feminine · singular |
| gelatine | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Can mean sweet jelly (gelatina di frutta) or savoury aspic (gelatina di carne).
- Also colloquially refers to hair gel ('gelatina per capelli').