glie
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γλία (glía, “glue”).
Noun
glie f (plural glies)
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡli.e/
- Rhymes: -ie
- Hyphenation: glì‧e
Noun
glie f
- plural of glia
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ʎe/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: glie
Pronoun
glie
- alternative form of gli
Usage notes
- Used when followed by a non-reflexive third-person accusative or genitive clitic pronoun (lo, la, li, le, or ne):
- Gliene parlo domani.
- I'll tell you/him/her/them about it tomorrow.
See also
Italian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
| second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
| 3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
| 4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | |||||||||
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Proto-Slavic *glьjь (“soil”). Compare Serbo-Croatian glej, Russian глей (glej), Polish glej, Slovak glej, Ukrainian ґлей (glej).
Noun
glie f (plural glii)