glose

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See also: glosé and glosę

English

Verb

glose (third-person singular simple present gloses, present participle glosing, simple past and past participle glosed)

  1. Alternative form of gloze
    • 1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, , London: Tho Lownds , →OCLC, page 134:
      y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peaſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[]

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡloz/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (explanation of a difficult word). See also English gloze (to make a comment).

Noun

glose f (plural gloses)

  1. gloss (explanatory note)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glose

  1. inflection of gloser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Verb

glose

  1. inflection of glosen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Noun

glose f or m (definite singular glosa or glosen, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

  1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Noun

glose f (definite singular glosa, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

  1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

glose

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlose/
  • Rhymes: -ose
  • Syllabification: glo‧se

Verb

glose

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative