glaze

See also: glāze, glāzē, and Glaze

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡleɪz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
4. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
   • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:

     […] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]

5. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
6. (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
7. A glazing oven; glost oven.

Derived terms

• alkaline glaze
• black glaze
• Bristol glaze
• confectioners' glaze
• confectioner's glaze
• glaze coat
• salt glaze
• star the glaze

 

Related terms

• glass
• glazier
• glazier's fallacy
• glazier's points
• glazier's putty
• glazing bar

Translations

coating on pottery

• Armenian: ջնարակ (hy) (ǰnarak)
• Belarusian: палі́ва f (palíva)
• Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
• Catalan: esmalt (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釉 (zh) (yòu)

• Czech: glazura (cs) f
• Danish: glasur (da) c
• Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: glazuro
• Finnish: lasite (fi), lasitus (fi)
• French: glaçure (fr) f, émail (fr) m
• German: Glasur (de) f
• Hungarian: glazúr (hu), máz (hu)
• Ido: glezo (io), glezuro
• Japanese: 釉薬 (ja) (ゆうやく, yūyaku, うわぐすり, uwagusuri)
• Korean: 유약 (ko) (yuyak)
• Latvian: glazūra f
• Maori: kirimōhinu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glasur m

  Nynorsk: glasur m

• Polish: glazura (pl) f, polewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ), мура́ва (ru) f (muráva) (dated), поли́ва (ru) f (políva)
• Slovak: glazúra f
• Spanish: esmalte (es) m, frita (es) f, vidriado (es) m
• Swedish: glasyr (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ugaritic: 𐎒𐎔𐎒𐎂 (spsg)
• Ukrainian: поли́ва (uk) f (polýva), глазу́р f (hlazúr)

layer of paint

• Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč), гланц (bg) m (glanc)
• Czech: lazura f
• Danish: lasur c, lasurfarve c
• Dutch: lazuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: diafana farbo
• Finnish: lasuuri
• French: glacis (fr) m
• German: Lasur (de) f
• Hungarian: lazúr (hu)
• Portuguese: veladura f, velatura f
• Romanian: emailat (ro) m or n
• Russian: гля́нец (ru) m (gljánec)
• Slovak: lazúra f
• Spanish: veladura m, barniz (es) m
• Swedish: lasyr c

edible coating

• Armenian: ջնարակ (hy) (ǰnarak)
• Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
• Danish: glasur (da) c
• Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: glazuro
• Finnish: lasite (fi)
• French: glaçage (fr) m
• German: Glasur (de)
• Hungarian: glazúr (hu), máz (hu)
• Italian: glassa (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glasur m

  Nynorsk: glasur m

• Polish: glazura (pl) f, polewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: glacê (pt) m
• Romanian: glazurat m or n
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
• Slovak: poleva f
• Slovene: preliv m
• Spanish: glasé m, glaseado (es) m
• Swedish: glasyr (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain

• Czech: ledovka (cs) f
• Dutch: ijzel (nl) m
• Finnish: iljanne (fi), kaljama (fi)
• French: givre (fr) m
• Galician: lazo (gl) m
• Georgian: ლიპყინული (liṗq̇inuli)
• German: Reif (de) m
• Italian: gelicidio (it) m
• Latvian: atkala f
• Russian: и́зморозь (ru) (ízmorozʹ)
• Slovak: poľadovica f
• Slovene: žled m
• Swedish: isskorpa c

reduced broth

• Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč)
• Finnish: lihahyytelö (fi)
• French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

• Finnish: lasitusuuni
• Slovak: vypaľovacia pec f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} velatura (it)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

   to glaze a doughnut

   • 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London, Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:

     An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
4. (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
5. (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory) To compliment or praise someone excessively in a cringeworthy way.

   Synonyms: suck up, kiss ass, dickride, meatride

Derived terms

• double-glaze
• glaze over
• glaze up

 

Translations

to install windows

• Bulgarian: остъклявам (ostǎkljavam)
• French: vitrer (fr)
• Irish: gloinigh
• Polish: szklić impf, oszklić pf
• Russian: застекли́ть (ru) (zasteklítʹ), остекли́ть (ru) (osteklítʹ) (colloquial)
• Slovak: zaskliť

to become glazed

• Bulgarian: глазирам (glaziram)
• Finnish: lasittua (fi), glaseerata (fi)
• Russian: остекли́ться (ru) (osteklítʹsja)

to apply a thin layer of coating

• Armenian: ջնարակել (hy) (ǰnarakel)
• Dutch: glazuren (nl)
• Esperanto: glazuri
• Finnish: lasittaa (fi)
• French: glacer (fr)
• German: glasieren (de)
• Ido: glacar (io)
• Spanish: velar (es), barnizar (es)

to apply a thin layer of coating

• German: lasieren (de)
• Ido: glacar (io)
• Russian: лессирова́ть (ru) impf (lessirovátʹ), залессирова́ть pf (zalessirovátʹ)
• Spanish: barnizar (es)

to apply a thin layer of coating in ceramics

• Armenian: ջնարակել (hy) (ǰnarakel)
• Ido: glezar (io)
• Russian: глазирова́ть (ru) impf (glazirovátʹ), заглазирова́ть pf (zaglazirovátʹ)
• Spanish: vidriar (es)

characteristic change of eyes

• French: devenir virtreux
• Russian: стеклене́ть (ru) impf (steklenétʹ), остеклене́ть (ru) pf (osteklenétʹ)

to look without interest

• Russian: пя́литься (ru) impf (pjálitʹsja) (colloquial), пропя́литься pf (propjálitʹsja) (colloquial)

References

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

Anagrams

• gazel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaː.zə/

Verb

glaze

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of glazen