glaze

See also: glāze and glāzē

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glas”), possibly from an unrecorded Old English *glæsan, *glasian. Related to glazen.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡleɪz/

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• 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

• Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
• Czech: glazura f
• Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: glazuro
• Finnish: lasite (fi), lasitus (fi)
• French: glaçure (fr) f, émail (fr) m
• German: Glasur (de) f
• Latvian: glazūra f

• Maori: kirimōhinu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glasur m

  Nynorsk: glasur m

• Portuguese: esmalte (pt) m
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
• Spanish: esmalte (es) m, frita (es) f
• Swedish: glasyr (sv) c

layer of paint

• Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč), гланц (bg) m (glanc)
• Czech: lazura f
• Dutch: lazuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: diafana farbo
• Finnish: lasuuri
• French: glacis (fr) m

• German: Lasur f
• Portuguese: veladura f, velatura f
• Romanian: emailat (ro) m, n
• Russian: гля́нец (ru) m (gljánec)
• Spanish: veladura m
• Swedish: lasyr c

edible coating

• Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
• Esperanto: glazuro
• Finnish: lasite (fi)
• French: glaçage (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: glasur m

  Nynorsk: glasur m

• Portuguese: glacê (pt) m
• Romanian: glazurat m, n
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
• Spanish: glasé m, glaseado (es) m
• Swedish: glasyr (sv) c

meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain

• Czech: ledovka (cs) f
• Dutch: ijzel (nl) m
• Finnish: jääpinta
• French: givre (fr) m
• Georgian: ლიპყინული (liṗq̇inuli)
• German: Reif (de) m

• Italian: gelicidio (it) m
• Latvian: atkala f
• Russian: и́зморозь (ru) (ízmorozʹ)
• Slovene: žled m
• Swedish: isskorpa c

reduced broth

• Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč)
• Finnish: lihahyytelö

• French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

• Finnish: lasitusuuni

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} velatura

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
   • 2004, Frank Hamer; 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) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

Translations

to install windows

• Bulgarian: остъклявам (ostǎkljavam)
• French: vitrer (fr)

• Irish: gloinigh
• Russian: застекли́ть (ru) (zasteklítʹ), остекли́ть (ru) (osteklítʹ) (colloquial)

to become glazed

• Bulgarian: глазирам (glaziram)
• Finnish: lasittua, glaseerata (fi)

• Russian: остекли́ться (ru) (osteklítʹsja)

to apply a thin layer of coating

• Dutch: glazuren (nl)
• Esperanto: glazuri
• Finnish: lasittaa (fi)

• French: glacer (fr)
• Spanish: velar (es)

to apply a thin layer of coating in painting

• Russian: лессирова́ть (ru) impf (lessirovátʹ), залессирова́ть pf (zalessirovátʹ)

to apply a thin layer of coating in ceramics

• Russian: глазирова́ть (ru) impf (glazirovátʹ), заглазирова́ть pf (zaglazirovátʹ)

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

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Dutch

Verb

glaze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of glazen