gelatin
noun /ˈdʒelətɪn/
/ˈdʒelətɪn/
(also gelatine
[uncountable] /ˈdʒelətiːn/
/ˈdʒelətiːn/
)- a clear substance without any taste that is made from boiling animal bones and is used to make jelly, film for cameras, etc.Topics Cooking and eatingc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Latin gelata ‘frozen’, from gelare ‘freeze’, from gelu ‘frost’.