# gelati

Pronunciation: say "juh-LAH-tee" US /d͡ʒəˈlɑːti/, UK /dʒəˈlɑːtɪ/, AUS /dʒəˈlɐːtɪ/

## Noun

1. Gelato, the Italian style of ice cream, or a single serving of it, often served in a cone. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: Italian-style ice cream, or one serving of it, often in a cone.
   - _Families wandered along the beachfront on a hot Sunday afternoon, licking gelati in the sun._
   - _Homemade gelati tastes richer than most supermarket ice cream._
2. Plural of gelato. — plural of gelato
   - Simple: Plural of gelato. Use this form when talking about more than one serving.
   - _We ordered two gelati and found a bench by the fountain._
   - _The menu listed several gelati, each in its own bright color._

## Origin

Borrowed from Italian "gelati," the plural of "gelato," from Latin "gelātus," from "gelū" ("frost, chill"), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel- ("cold").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/gelati (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).