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glas

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See also: Glas, glàs, glás, glas', and glæs

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch glas, from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χlas/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

glas (plural glase, diminutive glasie)

  1. (uncountable) glass (material)
  2. (countable) glass (vessel)

Derived terms

  • glashuis

Breton

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Breton glas, Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glas

  1. blue
  2. green

Cimbrian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, Proto-Germanic *glasą (“glass”). Cognate with German Glas, English glass.

Noun

glas n (plural gléezar, diminutive glèzale) (Luserna, Sette Comuni)

  1. glass (material)
    de gléezar 'me béestre ― window panes
  2. glass (drinking vessel)
    Synonym: tatza
    an glas bàin ― a glass of wine

Derived terms

References

  • “glas” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
  • “glas” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Cornish glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glas

  1. blue
    glas:  
    Synonym: blou
  2. green (of living things)
    glas:  
  3. gray / grey
    glas:  
    Synonym: loos

Derived terms

  • glasdu (“dark blue, navy”)
  • glasik (“cornflower”)
  • glasneth (“vegetation”)
  • glasrudh (“violet, purple”)
  • glaswyn (“light blue, sky blue”)
  • glaswyrdh (“turquoise, sea green”)

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)
     gwynn      loos, glas      du
             rudh; kogh              rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm              melyn; losvelyn
                          gwyrdh, gwer, glas             
             glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas              glaswyn, blou              glas
             glasrudh, purpur; indigo              majenta; purpur, glasrudh              gwynnrudh, kigliw
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Dalmatian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/-a, from Latin glaciēs.

Noun

glas m

  1. ice
    • el glas se scomiença desfúar
      the ice begins to melt

References

Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 275

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Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Noun

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

  1. (uncountable) glass (substance)
  2. glass (drinking vessel)
  3. (nautical) bells, a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch. There were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from the beginning.

Inflection

More information neuter gender, singular ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: glas

Further reading

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Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

Pronunciation

Noun

glas n (plural glazen, diminutive glaasje n)

  1. (uncountable) glass (material)
    Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas. ― Windows are made of glass.
  2. (countable) glass (vessel)
    Hyponyms: bierglas, champagneglas, whiskeyglas, wijnglas
    Staan er al glazen op tafel? ― Are there glasses on the table yet?
  3. (countable) glass (quantity)
    Drink even een glas water. ― Drink a glass of water.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: glas
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
  • Negerhollands: glas
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
  • → Caribbean Javanese: gelas
  • → Indonesian: gelas
  • → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
  • → Papiamentu: glas
  • → Sranan Tongo: grasi
    • → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)

Further reading

  • “glas” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Pronunciation

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glas, plural gløs)

  1. glass (material)
  2. glass (beverage container)
  3. glass (quantity)
  4. little bottle

Declension

More information n12, singular ...
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French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum (“trumpet signal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

glas m (plural glas)

  1. (funeral) bell
  2. (figuratively) death knell (omen)

Derived terms

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

glas

  1. mirror

Etymology 2

Derived from French glace (“ice”).

Noun

glas

  1. ice

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Pronunciation

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

  1. glass (beverage container)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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