glosa

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See also: Glosa, glósa, glosá, glosą, and glosă

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

glosa f (plural gloses)

  1. (music, especially Mallorca) short, often improvised folk song or popular song
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of glossa (gloss; commentary)

Etymology 2

Verb

glosa

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (explanation of a difficult word).

Noun

glosa f

  1. gloss (a brief explanatory note)

Declension

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

glosa

  1. third-person singular past historic of gloser

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

glōsa f (genitive glōsae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of glossa

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • glosa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • glōsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 716/2.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

glosa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of glose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

glosa f

  1. definite singular of glose

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔ.sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsa
  • Syllabification: glo‧sa

Noun

glosa f

  1. (lexicography) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Declension

Further reading

  • glosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • glosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: glo‧sa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)

  1. (countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glosa

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlosa/
  • Rhymes: -osa
  • Syllabification: glo‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)

  1. gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glosa

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glosa. Borrowed from Latin glossa. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa). According to SO attested since circa 1600.

Noun

glosa c

  1. a (standalone) word, especially foreign
    Synonym: ord
    Jag har 20 engelska glosor i hemläxa.
    I have 20 English words as homework.

Usage notes

Seldom used in settings outside language learning.

Declension

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