glaze

See also glāze, and glāzē

English

Etymology

From Old English glær (“amber”).(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this etymology?)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡleɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

glaze (plural glazes)

1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. An edible coating applied to food.
4. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
5. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
6. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

Translations

coating on pottery

• Czech: glazura (cs) f
• Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
• Finnish: lasite (fi), lasitus (fi)
• French: glaçure (fr) f, émail (fr) m

• German: Glasur (de) f
• Latvian: glazūra (lv) f
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) (glazúr') f
• Spanish: esmalte (es) m, frita (es) f

layer of paint

• Czech: lazura (cs) f
• Dutch: lazuur (nl) n
• Finnish: lasuuri (fi)

• French: glacis (fr) m
• German: Lasur (de) f
• Spanish: veladura (es) m

edible coating

• Finnish: lasite (fi)

• French: glaçage (fr) m
• Spanish: glasé (es) m, glaseado (es) m

meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain

• Czech: ledovka (cs) f
• Dutch: ijzel (nl) m
• Finnish: jääpinta (fi)

• French: givre (fr) m
• Italian: gelicidio (it) m
• Latvian: atkala (lv) f

reduced broth

• Finnish: lihahyytelö (fi)

• French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

• Finnish: lasitusuuni (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: velatura

• Portuguese: veladura

Verb

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
3. (transitive) In painting, to apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
4. (intransitive) (idiomatic) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

Translations

to install windows

• French: vitrer (fr)

to become glazed

• Finnish: lasittua (fi), glaseerata (fi)

to apply a thin layer of coating

• Dutch: glazuren (nl)
• Esperanto: glazuri (eo)

• Finnish: lasittaa (fi)
• French: glacer (fr)
• Spanish: velar (es)

to look bored

• French: s'embuer (fr) Template:devenir virtreux

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• Elâzığ

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Dutch

Verb

glaze

1. singular present subjunctive of glazen