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English
Verb
glose (third-person singular simple present gloses, present participle glosing, simple past and past participle glosed)
- 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:[M]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⸺[…]
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French
Pronunciation
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)
- gloss (explanatory note)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
glose
- inflection of gloser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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German
Verb
glose
- inflection of glosen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 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)
- a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse
Derived terms
References
- “glose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “glose_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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)
- a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse
Derived terms
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
glose
- inflection of glosar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlose/
- Rhymes: -ose
- Syllabification: glo‧se
Verb
glose
- inflection of glosar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative