gelatin

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin
noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
noun a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects

Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).

848 shows the analogous arrangement for the gelatin. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
From such things as feet, knuckles, hide clippings, and sinews came such strange and unlikely products as gelatin, isinglass, and phosphorus, bone black, shoe blacking, and bone oil. — The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

gelatine

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