glaber

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ-.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

glaber (feminine glabra, neuter glabrum, superlative glaberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. smooth
  2. hairless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: glabrous
  • French: glabre
  • Italian: glabro
  • Portuguese: glabro
  • Romanian: glabru
  • Spanish: glabro

References

  • glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glaber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • glaber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN