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glaise.

clay

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡlɛz/

  1. clay

    feminine

  2. earth

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/ɡlɛz/

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

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of glaiser: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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”).

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