gèles

Gèles is the second-person singular present indicative form of the French verb geler, meaning to freeze. It is used to indicate that the subject freezes something, for example tu gèles le lait pour le conserver au congélateur. It can also occur intransitively in weather expressions, as in il gèle dehors, meaning it is freezing outside.

Geler is an -er verb and its present tense forms are: je gèle, tu gèles, il gèle, nous gelons, vous gélez, ils gèlent. The form gèles is produced from the stem gel- with the ending -es and carries an acute accent on the e in some forms to distinguish pronunciation in writing (gélez vs gèles vs gelons). The past participle is gelé and the feminine past participle gelée; compound tenses use avoir: j'ai gelé, tu as gelé.

Usage notes: geler covers freezing of liquids, foods, or other materials, as well as the weather. In meteorology, il gèle is common; in cooking and storage, on peut geler les aliments; in industry, freezing processes may be described with geler in specialized contexts.

Etymology: geler derives from Old French geler and is related to other Romance equivalents such as Italian gelare or Spanish helar, all linked to the notion of ice and cold.

In sum, gèles is a standard conjugation form essential for expressing cold conditions or the action of freezing in the second person singular in contemporary French.