gloire

See also: glòire and glóire

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlwaʁ/

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Noun

gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

   à vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   connaître son heure de gloire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• glorieux
• glorifier
• gloriole

See also

• célébrité
• honneur

Further reading

• “gloire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rigole, rigolé

Middle English

Noun

gloire

1. alternative form of glorie

Middle French

Noun

gloire f (plural gloires)

1. glory

Related terms

• glorieux

Old French

Alternative forms

• glorie, glore

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Noun

gloire oblique singular, f (oblique plural gloires, nominative singular gloire, nominative plural gloires)

1. (countable and uncountable) glory

Descendants

• French: gloire
• → Middle English: glorie, glorye, glory, gloire
  • English: glory
  • Scots: glore
• Champenois: glore, guiore