gloire

See also: glòire and glóire

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlwaʁ/

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Noun

gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

Derived terms

• à vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire
• heure de gloire

Related terms

• glorieux
• glorifier
• glorification
• gloriole

See also

• célébrité
• honneur
• vaniteux

References

• Etymology and history of “gloire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “gloire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rigole, rigolé

Middle English

Noun

gloire

1. Alternative form of glorie

Middle French

Noun

gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

Related terms

• glorieux

Old French

Alternative forms

• glorie, glore

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gloria.

Noun

gloire oblique singular, f (oblique plural gloires, nominative singular gloire, nominative plural gloires)

1. (countable and uncountable) glory

Descendants

• French: gloire
• → English: glory