glaze

See also: glāze and glāzē

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glas”), possibly from an unrecorded Old English *glæsan, *glasian. Related to glazen.

The noun is from the verb.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡleɪz/
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Rhymes: -eɪz

NounEdit

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven; glost oven.

TranslationsEdit

coating on pottery

Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
Czech: glazura (cs) f
Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
Esperanto: glazuro
Finnish: lasite (fi), lasitus (fi)
French: glaçure (fr) f, émail (fr) m
German: Glasur (de) f
Latvian: glazūra f

Maori: kirimōhinu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: glasur m

Nynorsk: glasur m
Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m
Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
Spanish: esmalte (es) m, frita (es) f
Swedish: glasyr (sv) c

layer of paint

Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč), гланц (bg) m (glanc)
Czech: lazura f
Dutch: lazuur (nl) n
Esperanto: diafana farbo
Finnish: lasuuri
French: glacis (fr) m

German: Lasur f
Portuguese: veladura f, velatura f
Romanian: emailat (ro) m, n
Russian: гля́нец (ru) m (gljánec)
Spanish: veladura m
Swedish: lasyr c

edible coating

Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
Esperanto: glazuro
Finnish: lasite (fi)
French: glaçage (fr) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: glasur m

Nynorsk: glasur m

Portuguese: glacê (pt) m
Romanian: glazurat m, n
Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
Spanish: glasé m, glaseado (es) m
Swedish: glasyr (sv) c

meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain

Czech: ledovka (cs) f
Dutch: ijzel (nl) m
Finnish: jääpinta
French: givre (fr) m
Georgian: ლიპყინული (liṗq̇inuli)
German: Reif (de) m

Italian: gelicidio (it) m
Latvian: atkala f
Russian: и́зморозь (ru) (ízmorozʹ)
Slovene: žled m
Swedish: isskorpa c

reduced broth

Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč)
Finnish: lihahyytelö (fi)

French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

Finnish: lasitusuuni

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} velatura (it)

VerbEdit

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

(transitive) To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- 2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
  An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
(intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.