guisa

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See also: Guisa and guisá

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.

Pronunciation

Noun

guisa f (plural guises)

  1. manner, way
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

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

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin. Cognate with, among others, English wise.

Pronunciation

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. (now literary) manner, way
    • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:
      Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla
      The good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall
Derived terms

References

  • “guisa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “guisa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “guisa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “guisa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Portuguese guisa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwi.za/
  • Rhymes: -iza
  • Hyphenation: guì‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guise)

  1. (literary) manner, way

Further reading

  • guisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

Noun

guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)

  1. way, manner
    • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:
      Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].
      My lady tries to test me to find out how much I love her.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • guysa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa). Cognate with German Weise (“way, manner”).

Pronunciation

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. way, manner
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:
      Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ⁊ demãdo c̃ſeio al nr̃o ſẽnor. E nol reſpõdio en nulla guẏſa.
      Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, He did not respond to him in any way.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Spanish: guisa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. manner, habit
    Synonym: maneira
  2. way
    Synonym: modo
    à guisa de ― by way of
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “guisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

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

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡisa/
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

  1. manner, guise, way
  2. habit
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

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