glad

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English glæd

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladdest)

  1. pleased, happy, satisfied

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Verb [edit]

glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

  1. (transitive) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
    • 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
      God that glads the lover's heart,

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Breton [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Breton gloat (kingdom, fortune). Akin to Cornish gulat, Welsh Gwald, and Old Irish flaith Flath (head), from *wla-to- or *wla-ti-, which are cognates to Latin Valerius (power), Gothic wal-d-, German walten (rule), English to wield, Old Slavonic Vlada (I rule, power), and Lithuanian vald-yti (rule).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡlɑ ː t/

Noun [edit]

glad

  1. (archaic) a territory or country
  2. a feudal domain
  3. fortune
  4. heritage

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse glaðr.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡlad/, [ɡ̊lað]

Adjective [edit]

glad (neuter glad, definite and plural glade, comparative gladere, superlative gladest)

  1. happy, glad

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Dutch *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

Adjective [edit]

glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)

  1. smooth, polished
  2. slippery

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Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡɽɑː/, IPA: /ɡlɑː/

Adjective [edit]

glad (masculine glad; feminine glad; neuter glad; plural glade; comparative gladere; superlative gladest)

  1. happy, glad

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *gladaz

Adjective [edit]

glad

  1. glad

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ɡlâːd/

Noun [edit]

glȃd f (Cyrillic spelling гла̑д)

  1. hunger

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Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

  1. happy, glad

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