gloria

Borrowed from Latin gloria. Doublet of glory.

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.

From Latin gloria.

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

gloria

1. glory (optical phenomenon)

• “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 2 July 2023

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

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

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], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 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^[3], 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]‎^[4], 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]‎^[5], 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]‎^[6], 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^[7], 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.

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

gloria f (plural glories)

1. glory

Origin uncertain. Possibly from a dissimilation of an unattested Proto-Italic *gnōrjā, through *gnoris (“knowledge”) (compare Ancient Greek γνώριμος (gnṓrimos, “well-known, familiar”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know, recognize”).^[1] For the dissimilation compare grōma from Ancient Greek γνῶμα (gnôma). Cognate with gnāvus, gnārus, ignōrō (with no dissimilation), nārrō, and also nōscō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫoː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlɔː.ri.a]

glōria f (genitive glōriae); first declension

1. glory, renown, fame, honor

First-declension noun.

• sic transit gloria mundi

• “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^[8], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[9], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Kölligan, Daniel (2015) “Lat. glōria und der „glänzende Ruhm“ im Indogermanischen”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics (in German), volume 128, →DOI, pages 72–88

• glorien

gloria m or f

1. definite feminine singular of glorie

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/

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. […]

• gloriar

• Spanish: gloria

Learned borrowing from Latin glōria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.rja/

• Audio:

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

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)

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

gloria

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

gloria f (plural glorias)

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

Inherited from Old Spanish gloria, borrowed from Latin glōria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloɾja/ [ˈɡlo.ɾja]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -oɾja
• Syllabification: glo‧ria

gloria f (plural glorias)

1. glory

• “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], 10 December 2024

• gorila, girola, gíralo

From Latin gloria

gloria c

1. a halo (on a saint)

   Synonyms: helgonskimmer, strålkrans

   en gloria på sned

   a halo askew

• gloria in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• roliga