glosa

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡlɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡlɔ.za]

glosa f (plural gloses)

1. (music, especially Mallorca) short, often improvised folk song or popular song
2. (archaic) alternative form of glossa (“gloss; commentary”)

glosa

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

Derived from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡlosa]

glosa f

1. gloss (a brief explanatory note)

• vysvětlivka

• IPA^(key): /ɡlo.za/
• Homophones: glosas, glosât

glosa

1. third-person singular past historic of gloser

• goals

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

glōsa f (genitive glōsae); first declension

1. alternative spelling of glossa

First-declension noun.

• "glosa", 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)
• glōsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 716/2.

• glosen

glosa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of glose

glosa f

1. definite singular of glose

Learned borrowing from Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: glo‧sa

glosa f

1. (lexicography) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

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

• Hyphenation: glo‧sa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

glosa f (plural glosas)

1. (countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

• glossário

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

glosa

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

• “glosa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “glosa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “glosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “glosa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “glosa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “glosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlosa/ [ˈɡlo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: glo‧sa

Borrowed from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

glosa f (plural glosas)

1. gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

glosa

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

• “glosa”, 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

Inherited from Old Swedish glosa. Borrowed from Latin glossa. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă). According to SO attested since circa 1600.

glosa c

1. a (standalone) word, especially foreign

   Synonym: ord

   Jag har 20 engelska glosor i hemläxa.

   I have 20 English words as homework.

Seldom used in settings outside language learning.

• vokabel (“vocable”)

• glosa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glosa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)