guise

See also guisé

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophone: guys

Noun

guise (plural guises)

1. Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)
   • 1924: Aristotle. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 5.

     dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher

2. External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
3. Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.

   Under the guise of patriotism

Synonyms

• (customary way of acting): behavior, manner, mien, practice
• (external appearance): appearance, look

Translations

way of speaking or acting

• Dutch: uiterlijk (nl) n, voorkomen (nl) n
• German: Art und Weise (de) f, Auftreten (de) n
• Macedonian: начин (mk) (náčin) m, однесување (mk) (odnesúvanje) n

• Portuguese: aparência (pt) f
• Spanish: apariencia (es) f

appearance in manner or dress

• German: Erscheinung (de), Auftreten (de)

• Macedonian: изглед (mk) (ízgled) m, појава (mk) (pójava) f

cover;cloak

• German: Deckmantel (de) m

Related terms

• disguise

Etymology 2

Deliberate misspelling of guys.

Noun

guise (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) guys.

   Sup guise (i.e. "What's up, guys?")

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French

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Etymology

From Middle French guise, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ, *manner, way, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /giz/

Noun

guise f (plural guises)

1. way

   le faire à ma guise — do it my way

   Je l'ai laissé chanter à sa guise. — I let him sing his way.

   en guise de — by way of, as

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Italian

Noun

guise f

1. Plural form of guisa

Anagrams

• segui, seguì

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Spanish

Verb

guise (infinitive guisar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of guisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of guisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of guisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of guisar.