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glose

See also: glosé and glosę

English

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glose (third-person singular simple present gloses, present participle glosing, simple past and past participle glosed)

  1. 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⸺[…]

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡloz/
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”). See also English gloze (“to make a comment”).

Noun

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glose f (plural gloses)

  1. gloss (explanatory note)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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glose

  1. inflection of gloser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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German

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glose

  1. inflection of glosen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

Noun

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glose f or m (definite singular glosa or glosen, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

  1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

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glose f (definite singular glosa, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

  1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

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Portuguese

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glose

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlose/ [ˈɡlo.se]
  • Rhymes: -ose
  • Syllabification: glo‧se

Verb

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glose

  1. inflection of glosar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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