glory

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English

Etymology

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *glōs-, *gal(o)s- (“voice, cry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “rumor, report”), Old English ceallian (“to cry out, shout, call”). More at call.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡlɔːɹi/, SAMPA: /"glO:ri/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːri

Noun

glory (plural glories)

1. Great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.
2. Honour and valour.
3. Worship or praise, as in glory to God.
4. Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets.

Related terms

terms related to glory (noun)

Gloria glorification glorify glorious

gloriously morning glory vainglory

Translations

great beauty or splendour

Arabic: مجد (ar) (majd) Armenian: փառք (hy) (p’aṙk’), շքեղություն (hy) (šk’eġut’yun) Dutch: glorie (nl) f., luister (nl) m., pracht (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: gloro (eo) French: gloire (fr) f. Greek: λαμπρότητα (el) (lamprótita), μεγαλείο (el) (megaleío) n. Hebrew: הדר (he) (hadár) m. Hindi: यश (hi) (Yaśa) m. Italian: gloria (it) f. Korean: 영광 (ko) (yeonggwang) Norwegian: prakt (no) c.

Old English: ār (ang), wuldor (ang) Persian: شکوه (fa) (shokuh) Romanian: glorie (ro) f. Russian: слава (ru) (sláva) f., величие (ru) (velíčije) n. Scottish Gaelic: cliù m., glòir f. Slovene: glorija f. Spanish: gloria (es) f. Swedish: prakt (sv) c. Ukrainian: слава (uk) f., велич (uk) f.

honour and valour

Armenian: փառք (hy) (p’aṙk’) Dutch: glorie (nl) f., eer (nl) m. and f., roem (nl) m. Finnish: kunnia (fi) French: gloire (fr) f. German: Ruhm (de) m. Greek: δόξα (el) (dóksa) f. Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (he) (kavód) m. Hindi: प्रतिष्ठा (hi) (Pratiṣṭhā) f. Italian: gloria (it) f. Korean: 명예 (ko) (myeongye) Latvian: slava (lv) f.

Norwegian: glorie (no) m., ære (no) c. Old English: ār (ang) Polish: chwaƗa (pl) f. Romanian: glorie (ro) f. Russian: слава (ru) (sláva) f., честь (ru) (čest’) f. Scottish Gaelic: glòir (gd) f., cliù (gd) m. Slovene: slava (sl) f. Ukrainian: слава (uk) f., честь (uk) f. West Frisian: eare (fy)

worship or praise

Armenian: փառք (hy) (p’aṙk’), փառաբանություն (hy) (p’aṙabanut’yun) Dutch: lof (nl) m., dankzegging (nl) f. Finnish: ylistys (fi) French: gloire (fr) f. Greek: δόξα (el) (dóksa) f. Italian: gloria (it) f.

Norwegian: pris (no) m., ære (no) c. Persian: ستایش (fa) (setāyeš) Russian: слава (ru) (sláva) f., хвала (ru) (χvalá) f. Scottish Gaelic: cliù m., glòir (gd) f. Slovene: slava (sl) f. Ukrainian: слава (uk) f.

optical phenomenon

Finnish: glooria (fi)

Norwegian: glorie (no) m.

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Japanese: 栄光 (えいこう, eikō), 名声 (めいせい, meisei), 名誉 (めいよ, meiyo) Slovak: sláva f.

Verb

glory (third-person singular simple present glories, present participle glorying, simple past and past participle gloried)

1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
   • 1891: Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

     He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.

2. To boast; to be proud.

Translations

to exult with joy; to rejoice

to boast; to be proud