gelato
- 1An Italian style of ice cream made from milk and sugar with added flavorings, stirred while being deeply chilled so that ice crystals stay small.
Like ice cream's denser, smoother Italian cousin.
On a hot afternoon in Rome, nothing beats a cone of pistachio gelato.
The pastry chef churns small batches of gelato fresh each morning.
Note
In Italian, gelato is simply the everyday word for ice cream; English borrowed it to name the Italian style. Behind it stands Latin gelātus, from gelū, "frost," and an ancient root meaning "cold." It is usually a mass noun, as in a cup of gelato or a gelato shop. When it does take a plural, both the Italian gelati and the English gelatos are in use.
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Origin
It was borrowed from Italian gelato ("ice cream"), from Latin gelātus, from gelū ("frost, chill"), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel- ("cold").