glose
English edit
Verb edit
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[mas] 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⸺[…]
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”). See also English gloze (“to make a comment”).
Noun edit
glose f (plural gloses)
- gloss (explanatory note)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
glose
- inflection of gloser:
Further reading edit
- “glose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Verb edit
glose
- inflection of glosen:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).
Noun edit
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 edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).
Noun edit
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 edit
References edit
- “glose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔzi
Verb edit
glose
- inflection of glosar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
glose
- inflection of glosar: