glaze

See also: glāze, glāzē, and Glaze

English

Alternative forms

glase (obsolete)

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, and may suggest either the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed"^[1], or sugarcoating without sexual connotation.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡleɪz/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
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, […]
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- 2026 September 18, Octavio Peña, “A salmon dish as a last hurrah for summer produce”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 September 2026:
  I also add a touch of honey, which balances the flavor and caramelizes into a light glaze.
(cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven; glost oven.
(Polari) A window.
(slang, derogatory) Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.

Derived terms

Related terms

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
Māori: 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: sır (tr), mine (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: صیر (sır), مینه (mine)
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
Turkish: sır (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: صیر (sır)

edible coating

Armenian: ջնարակ (hy) (ǰnarak)
Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
Catalan: esmalt (ca), glaça (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 光澤劑 / 光泽剂 (guāngzéjì), 拋光劑 / 抛光剂 (pāoguāngjì)
Danish: glasur (da) c
Dutch: glazuur (nl) n
Esperanto: glazuro
Finnish: kuorrute (fi)
French: glaçage (fr) m
German: Glasur (de)
Hungarian: glazúr (hu), máz (hu)
Italian: glassa (it) f
Kazakh: сылама (sılama)
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

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雨凇 (zh) (yǔsōng)
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, Raureif (de) m
Italian: gelicidio (it) m
Kazakh: боз қырау (boz qıraw)
Latvian: atkala f
Russian: и́зморозь (ru) (ízmorozʹ)
Slovak: poľadovica f
Slovene: žled m
Swedish: isskorpa c

reduced broth

Bulgarian: глеч (bg) f (gleč)
Catalan: glaça (ca) f
Finnish: lihahyytelö (fi)
French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
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)

(transitive) To install windows.
(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.
(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
(intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate onto.
(transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
Synonyms: flatter, suck up, kiss ass, dickride, meatride, fanboy

Synonyms

glacé

Derived terms

Translations

to install windows

Bulgarian: остъклявам impf (ostăkljavam), остакля (bg) pf (ostaklja)
French: vitrer (fr)
Irish: gloinigh
Polish: szklić impf, oszklić (pl) pf
Russian: застекли́ть (ru) (zasteklítʹ), остекли́ть (ru) (osteklítʹ) (colloquial)
Slovak: zaskliť
Turkish: camlamak (tr)

to become glazed

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: lasittua (fi), glaseerata (fi)
Russian: остекли́ться (ru) (osteklítʹsja)
Turkish: camlanmak (tr)

to apply a thin layer of coating

Armenian: ջնարակել (hy) (ǰnarakel)
Bulgarian: глазирам (glaziram), гланцирам (bg) (glanciram)
Dutch: glazuren (nl)
Esperanto: glazuri
Finnish: lasittaa (fi)
French: glacer (fr)
German: glasieren (de), lasieren (de)
Ido: glacar (io)
Russian: лессирова́ть (ru) impf (lessirovátʹ), залессирова́ть pf (zalessirovátʹ)
Spanish: velar (es), barnizar (es)
Swedish: glasera (sv)
Turkish: camlamak (tr)

to apply a thin layer of coating in ceramics

Armenian: ջնարակել (hy) (ǰnarakel)
Bulgarian: гланцирам (bg) (glanciram)
Ido: glezar (io)
Russian: глазирова́ть (ru) impf (glazirovátʹ), заглазирова́ть pf (zaglazirovátʹ)
Spanish: vidriar (es)
Swedish: glasera (sv)

characteristic change of eyes

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
French: devenir virtreux
Russian: стеклене́ть (ru) impf (steklenétʹ), остеклене́ть (ru) pf (osteklenétʹ)

to look without interest

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: пя́литься (ru) impf (pjálitʹsja) (colloquial), пропя́литься pf (propjálitʹsja) (colloquial)

to compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way — see flatter,‎ adulate

References

^ “Glazing (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, 6 December 2022

Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[2]

Anagrams

gazel

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaː.zə/

Verb

glaze

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of glazen

[1] “Glazing (Slang)”, in Know Your Meme, 6 December 2022

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