Gelati
Origin
A borrowing from Italian.
Full definition of gelati
Noun
gelati
(usually uncountable; plural gelati)- (Australia, countable, uncountable) Italian-style ice-cream; a serving of gelati, often in a cone.
- 1988, Frank Moorhouse (editor), Fictions 88, ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcast Corp., %22gelatis%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22gelati%22|%22gelatis%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tetaT5bJIKjgmAWR85mzDw&redir_esc=y page 64,Out in Fitzroy Street, the Saturday afternoon crowds strolled the wide footpaths, licking gelati.
- 1993, University of Western Australia, Westerly, Volumes 38-39, %22gelatis%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22gelati%22|%22gelatis%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RelaT4OXJurFmQXP_MTSDw&redir_esc=y page 37,Gelati. Gelati. Limone, Strawberry, Chocolaty! shouts the Gelati man from the south of his face.
- 2008, Catherine McKinnon, The Nearly Happy Family, %22gelatis%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eeNaT5CXLqHumAW6yKymDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gelati%22|%22gelatis%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,‘Would you kids like some gelati?’ Lucia asked....At home we usually had Peter′s Rainbow, but we′d had gelati heaps of times at Flash, the gelati shop in Hindley Street.