glaise

See also: glaisé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French glaise, glase, from Old French glaise, gloise, of obscure and uncertain origin. According to one theory, derived from Gaulish *glisa, which is attested in Late Latin glissomarga, glīsomarga (“a kind of marl, white marl”), although the precise meaning of *gliso- is uncertain.

Alternatively, perhaps derived from a Germanic language, compare Dutch klei, German Low German Klei, English clay, all from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.

Or, possibly from Latin glis (“thick clay, tenacious earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɛz/

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• Homophones: glaisent, glaises
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

glaise f (plural glaises)

1. clay
2. (figuratively) earth

Verb

glaise

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aigles, gelais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠaʃə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠɨ̞ʃə/

Adjective

glaise

1. inflection of glas:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glaise	ghlaise	nglaise

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

glaise

1. genitive singular of glas

Mutation

Mutation of glaise

radical	lenition
glaise	ghlaise

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