gelateria

See also: gelatería and galeteria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gelateria, from gelato (“ice cream”) + -eria (“-ery”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒəˌlatəˈɹiːə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˌlætəˈɹi.ə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

gelateria (plural gelaterias or gelaterie)

1. A shop that sells gelato (Italian-style ice cream).
   • 1991, Bon Appétit, volume 36, page 37:

     As such, gelaterie are just as much a part of the Roman experience as the ancient Colosseum and the Forum.

   • 2006, Damien Simonis, Venice, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 155:

     A death-by-chocolate option you are unlikely to find in restaurants but is a speciality in some gelaterie and cafés is the gianduiotto, a little slab of gianduia chocolate ice cream surmounted by a cup of whipped cream.

   • 2008 March 2, Joy Goodwin, “Left Coast Ideas, Floating East”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Forty years later, in a bustling downtown with more than its share of students, homeless people and gelaterias, Berkeley Rep occupies two sleek, custom-built theaters.

   • 2013, Jeff Michaud, Eating Italy: A Chef’s Culinary Adventure, Running Press, →ISBN:

     Claudia and I are suckers for gelato, and when you walk through Florence, gelaterie are everywhere.

   • 2015, Elizabeth Minchilli, Eating Rome: Living the Good Life in the Eternal City, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 171:

     While there are still some old-fashioned gelaterie making gelato with natural ingredients such as real fruit and nuts, the majority of places you run into in the more heavily “touristed” areas of town churn their ice cream from premade mixes or buy industrially premade gelato.

Coordinate terms

• ice cream parlor
• creamery

Related terms

• gelato

Catalan

Etymology

From gelat (“ice cream”) +‎ -eria (“-ery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.lə.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.la.teˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ge‧la‧te‧rì‧a

Noun

gelateria f (plural gelateries)

1. gelateria, a shop that sells gelat (ice cream)

   M'agradaria anar a la gelateria.

   I would like to go to the ice cream shop.

Further reading

• “gelateria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gelateria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gelateria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gelateria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

From gelato (“ice cream”) +‎ -eria (“-ery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.la.teˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ge‧la‧te‧rì‧a

Noun

gelateria f (plural gelaterie)

1. a gelateria, a shop that sells ice cream or gelato (Italian-style ice cream)

   Ho voglia di andare alla gelateria.

   I feel like going to the ice cream shop.

Related terms

• gelataia
• gelataio
• gelatiera
• gelatiere
• gelatina
• gelato

 

Anagrams

• gelatiera, legatarie, regaliate