glosa

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡlɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɡlɔ.za]

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

Declension of glosa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	glosa	glosy
genitive	glosy	glos
dative	glose	glosám
accusative	glosu	glosy
vocative	gloso	glosy
locative	glose	glosách
instrumental	glosou	glosami

See also

• vysvětlivka

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlo.za/
• Homophones: glosas, glosât

Verb

glosa

1. third-person singular past historic of gloser

Anagrams

• goals

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloː.sa/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.sa/, [ˈɡlɔːs̬ä]

Noun

glōsa f (genitive glōsae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of glossa

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glōsa	glōsae
Genitive	glōsae	glōsārum
Dative	glōsae	glōsīs
Accusative	glōsam	glōsās
Ablative	glōsā	glōsīs
Vocative	glōsa	glōsae

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

• glosen

Noun

glosa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of glose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

glosa f

1. definite singular of glose

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: glo‧sa

Noun

glosa f

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

Declension

Declension of glosa

	singular	plural
nominative	glosa	glosy
genitive	glosy	glos
dative	glosie	glosom
accusative	glosę	glosy
instrumental	glosą	glosami
locative	glosie	glosach
vocative	gloso	glosy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/

• 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)

Related terms

• glossário

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

• “glosa” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “glosa” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “glosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “glosa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “glosa” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “glosa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlosa/ [ˈɡlo.sa]
• 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

• “glosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

Seldomly used in settings outside language learning.

See also

• vokabel (“vocable”)

References

• glosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)