gla

See also: GLA, glå, and gła

Catalan

Alternative forms

• aglà

Etymology

From Old Catalan glan~aglan, from Latin glandem. Doublet of the borrowed anatomical term gland.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla/

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

gla f (plural glans)

1. acorn

References

• “gla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “gla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

gla (present tense glar, past tense gladde, supine gladd or gladt, past participle gladd, present participle gladande, imperative gla)

1. (about the sun or the moon) to go down, make the sky red

Alternative forms

• glada (long form with a- or split infinitives)
• glade (long form with e-infinitive)

Related terms

• glad n

Etymology 2

Adjective

gla (indefinite singular gla, definite singular and plural glae, comparative glaare, indefinite superlative glaast, definite superlative glaaste)

1. Pronunciation spelling of glad.

References

• “gla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gal, lag