gloria

See also: Gloria, glória, Glória, glòria, gloría, Gloría, gloriá, glorią, and Glorią

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gloria. Doublet of glory.

Noun

gloria (countable and uncountable, plural glorias)

1. A lightweight fabric used for umbrellas and dresses.
2. (religion, countable) A doxology.
   • 1855, The Colonial Church chronicle, and missionary journal:

     The glorias, canticles, and some translations of popular hymns are admirably sung; I do not know that I ever heard congregational singing more effective.

Translations

fabric

• Japanese: グロリア (guroria)

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin gloria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloriɑ/, [ˈɡlo̞riɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oriɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): glo‧ria

Noun

gloria

1. glory (optical phenomenon)

Declension

Inflection of gloria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		gloria	gloriat
genitive		glorian	glorioiden glorioitten
partitive		gloriaa	glorioita
illative		gloriaan	glorioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		gloria	gloriat
accusative	nom.	gloria	gloriat
	gen.	glorian
genitive		glorian	glorioiden glorioitten gloriain rare
partitive		gloriaa	glorioita
inessive		gloriassa	glorioissa
elative		gloriasta	glorioista
illative		gloriaan	glorioihin
adessive		glorialla	glorioilla
ablative		glorialta	glorioilta
allative		glorialle	glorioille
essive		gloriana	glorioina
translative		gloriaksi	glorioiksi
abessive		gloriatta	glorioitta
instructive		—	glorioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of gloria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative gloriani gloriani accusative nom. gloriani gloriani gen. gloriani genitive gloriani glorioideni glorioitteni gloriaini rare partitive gloriaani glorioitani inessive gloriassani glorioissani elative gloriastani glorioistani illative gloriaani glorioihini adessive gloriallani glorioillani ablative glorialtani glorioiltani allative glorialleni glorioilleni essive glorianani glorioinani translative gloriakseni glorioikseni abessive gloriattani glorioittani instructive — — comitative — glorioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative gloriasi gloriasi accusative nom. gloriasi gloriasi gen. gloriasi genitive gloriasi glorioidesi glorioittesi gloriaisi rare partitive gloriaasi glorioitasi inessive gloriassasi glorioissasi elative gloriastasi glorioistasi illative gloriaasi glorioihisi adessive gloriallasi glorioillasi ablative glorialtasi glorioiltasi allative gloriallesi glorioillesi essive glorianasi glorioinasi translative gloriaksesi glorioiksesi abessive gloriattasi glorioittasi instructive — — comitative — glorioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative gloriamme gloriamme accusative nom. gloriamme gloriamme gen. gloriamme genitive gloriamme glorioidemme glorioittemme gloriaimme rare partitive gloriaamme glorioitamme inessive gloriassamme glorioissamme elative gloriastamme glorioistamme illative gloriaamme glorioihimme adessive gloriallamme glorioillamme ablative glorialtamme glorioiltamme allative gloriallemme glorioillemme essive glorianamme glorioinamme translative gloriaksemme glorioiksemme abessive gloriattamme glorioittamme instructive — — comitative — glorioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative glorianne glorianne accusative nom. glorianne glorianne gen. glorianne genitive glorianne glorioidenne glorioittenne gloriainne rare partitive gloriaanne glorioitanne inessive gloriassanne glorioissanne elative gloriastanne glorioistanne illative gloriaanne glorioihinne adessive gloriallanne glorioillanne ablative glorialtanne glorioiltanne allative gloriallenne glorioillenne essive gloriananne glorioinanne translative gloriaksenne glorioiksenne abessive gloriattanne glorioittanne instructive — — comitative — glorioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative gloriansa gloriansa accusative nom. gloriansa gloriansa gen. gloriansa genitive gloriansa glorioidensa glorioittensa gloriainsa rare partitive gloriaansa glorioitaan glorioitansa inessive gloriassaan gloriassansa glorioissaan glorioissansa elative gloriastaan gloriastansa glorioistaan glorioistansa illative gloriaansa glorioihinsa adessive gloriallaan gloriallansa glorioillaan glorioillansa ablative glorialtaan glorialtansa glorioiltaan glorioiltansa allative glorialleen gloriallensa glorioilleen glorioillensa essive glorianaan glorianansa glorioinaan glorioinansa translative gloriakseen gloriaksensa glorioikseen glorioiksensa abessive gloriattaan gloriattansa glorioittaan glorioittansa instructive — — comitative — glorioineen glorioinensa

Further reading

• “gloria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Hyphenation: glò‧ria

Noun

gloria f (plural glorie)

1. glory
   • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[2], page 1:

     Altissimu onnipotente bonsignore. tue so le laude la gloria elhonore et onne benedictione.

     Most high, all-powerful, good Lord, yours are the praises, the glory, honor and all blessing.

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[3], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[4], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     […] la fortunata valle
     che fece Scipïon di gloria reda,
     quand' Anibàl co' suoi diede le spalle

     The lucky valley that made Scipio of glory heir, when Hannibal with his [men] turned their backs

   • 1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro Ⅰ”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici‎^[5], collected in Poesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1988, section 19, page 89:

     Un disio sol d’eterna gloria e fama,
     Che le ’nfiammate menti a virtù chiama.

     A desire of eternal glory and fame only, that calls the enflamed minds to virtue.

   • 1581, Torquato Tasso, “Canto secondo”, in Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered]‎^[6], Erasmo Viotti, page 41:

     E se bene acquistar puoi novi imperi:
     Acquistar nova gloria indarno speri.

     And, while you can very well conquer new empires, you hope in vain to conquer new glory.

   • 1671, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali [Experiences About Various Things of Nature]‎^[7], page 59:

     E se per lo contrario voi rinverrete, che anco la vostra pietra non abbia virtù alcuna, godremo unitamente della gloria di aver ritrovata una verità, e di avere svelata una menzogna

     And if, conversely, you should find out that even your stone has no power whatsoever, we will bask together in the glory of having discovered a truth, and unveiled a lie

   • 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Epigramma ⅬⅡ - 29 maggio 1796 [Epigram 52 - May 29, 1796]”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater]‎^[8], London, page 168, lines 1–4:

     Non vorrian esser Vandali, i Francesi;
     Quindi or gl'Itali Quadri arder non vonno;
     Ma solo a gloria intesi,
     Per fingersi non barbari, li rubano

     The French wouldn't want to be vandals, so they don't want to burn the Italian paintings. But, seeking glory only, to pretend they're not barbaric, they steal them

   • 1894, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Ⅱ. [Chapter 2]”, in Elegie romane‎^[9], page 65:

     — Ma la gloria?
     — La vera gloria è postuma, e quindi non godibile.

     "What about glory?"
     "True glory is posthumous, and therefore not enjoyable."

   • 1957, Indro Montanelli, “Cesare [Caesar]”, in Storia di Roma [History of Rome], 46th edition, Milan, published 1973:

     Cesare ora poteva allontanarsi anche da Roma per procurarsi quello che tuttavia gli mancava: la gloria militare e un esercito fedele.

     Caesar was now able to leave Rome as well, in order to obtain that which he still lacked: military glory, and a faithful army.

2. praise
   • c. 1477, Lorenzo de' Medici, “Ⅴ. Beato chi nel concilio non va”, in Rime, collected in Opere, published 1913, page 127, line 19:

     Gloria a te sempre, onnipotente Iddio.

     Praise to you always, all-powerful God.

Related terms

• glorificare
• glorificarsi
• glorificativo
• glorificatore
• glorificazione
• glorioso

 

Anagrams

• algori, giralo, graoli, raglio, ragliò, riloga

Ladin

Noun

gloria f (plural glories)

1. glory

Latin

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly for Proto-Italic *gnōrjā, through *gnoris (“knowledge”) (compare Ancient Greek γνώριμος (gnṓrimos, “well-known, familiar”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know, recognize”). For the dissimilation compare grōma from Ancient Greek γνῶμα (gnôma). Cognate with gnāvus, gnārus, ignōrō (with no dissimilation), nārrō, and also nōscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloː.ri.a/, [ˈɡɫ̪oːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlo.ri.a/, [ˈɡlɔːriä]

Noun

glōria f (genitive glōriae); first declension

1. glory, renown, fame, honor

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	glōria	glōriae
genitive	glōriae	glōriārum
dative	glōriae	glōriīs
accusative	glōriam	glōriās
ablative	glōriā	glōriīs
vocative	glōria	glōriae

Derived terms

• sic transit gloria mundi

Related terms

• glōriātiō
• glōriola
• glōrior
• glōriōsē
• glōriōsus

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: glòria
• → Galician: groria (semi-learned)
• → Italian: gloria
  • → Romanian: glorie
• → Occitan: glòria
• → Old French: glorie, gloire
  • French: gloire
  • → Middle English: glory, glorie
    • English: glory
• → Portuguese: glória
• → Spanish: gloria
• → Dutch: glorie
• → Finnish: gloria
• → Old Irish: glóir
  • Irish: glóir
  • Manx: gloyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: glòir

References

• “gloria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gloria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gloria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gloria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[10], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain distinction: gloriam, famam sibi comparare
    
  • to win (undying) fame: gloriam (immortalem) consequi, adipisci
    
  • to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: gloriae, laudi esse
    
  • to be very famous, illustrious: gloria, laude florere
    
  • to have reached the highest pinnacle of eminence: summa gloria florere
    
  • to become famous, distinguish oneself: gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire
    
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem immortali gloria afficere
    
  • to confer undying fame on, immortalise some one: aliquem sempiternae gloriae commendare
    
  • to be guided by ambition: gloria duci
    
  • to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
    
  • to be spurred on by ambition: stimulis gloriae concitari
    
  • to be consumed by the fires of ambition: gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare
    
  • to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: de gloria, fama alicuius detrahere
    
  • to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius gloriae or simply alicui obtrectare
    
  • to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
• gloria in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[11], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265f
• Kölligan, Daniel (2015) “Lat. glōria und der „glänzende Ruhm“ im Indogermanischen”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics (in German), volume 128, →DOI, pages 72–88

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• glorien

Noun

gloria m or f

1. definite feminine singular of glorie

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

1. glory
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r:

     […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blãcor. &́ de cristal. ⁊ como color de los cielo^s mõdos […]

     […] and they saw the glory of the God of Israel, like a work of white and crystal, and like the color of realm of the heavens. […]

Related terms

• gloriar

Descendants

• Spanish: gloria

Polish

gloria

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Syllabification: glo‧ria
• Homophone: Gloria

Noun

gloria f

1. glory (honour, admiration, or distinction)

   Synonyms: aureola, chwała, nimb, sława, splendor

2. (art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)

   Synonyms: aureola, nimb, nimbus

3. (optics) glory (optical phenomenon)
4. (literary, military) glory (war victory)

Declension

Declension of gloria

	singular	plural
nominative	gloria	glorie
genitive	glorii	glorii/gloryj (archaic)
dative	glorii	gloriom
accusative	glorię	glorie
instrumental	glorią	gloriami
locative	glorii	gloriach
vocative	glorio	glorie

Further reading

• gloria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gloria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

gloria

1. inflection of gloriar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 1

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of glória.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gloria, borrowed from Latin glōria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡlo.ɾja]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: glo‧ria

Noun

gloria f (plural glorias)

1. glory

Derived terms

• a gloria
• en la gloria
• gloria de la mañana
• ni pena ni gloria
• sin pena ni gloria
• y aquí paz y después gloria

 

Further reading

• “gloria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• gorila, girola, gíralo

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin gloria

Noun

gloria c

1. a halo (on a saint)

   Synonyms: helgonskimmer, strålkrans

   en gloria på sned

   a halo askew

Declension

Declension of gloria

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gloria	glorias
	definite	glorian	glorians
plural	indefinite	glorior	gloriors
	definite	gloriorna	gloriornas

Related terms

• gloriesken
• glorifiera
• glorifiering
• gloriös
• helgongloria

 

References

• gloria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• roliga