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gelée

jelly, frost

noun zhuh-LEH Rare
Food & Drink Ingredients

Also means

aspic

Usage Note

Gelée covers fruit jelly (gelée de groseille = redcurrant jelly), the weather phenomenon of frost (gelée blanche = white frost), and in charcuterie the savory aspic (en gelée). As the past participle of geler (to freeze), it also means 'frozen' in compound weather terms.

Examples

"Elle tartine sa brioche de gelée de framboises."

Natural Translation

She spreads raspberry jelly on her brioche.

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