glaze

See also: glāze and glāzē

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡleɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology 1

First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.

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
• 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
• Spanish: veladura m
• Swedish: lasyr c

edible coating

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

• Romanian: glazurat m, n
• 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)
• Italian: gelicidio m
• Latvian: atkala f
• Slovene: žled m
• Swedish: isskorpa c

reduced broth

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

• French: glaçage (fr) m

glazing oven

• Finnish: lasitusuuni

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} velatura

Etymology 2

From Middle English glasen ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb *glæsan, or coined in Middle English as a compound of glas and -en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.

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 978-0-7136-6408-9, 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

to become glazed

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

to apply a thin layer of coating

• Dutch: glazuren (nl)
• Esperanto: glazuri

• Finnish: lasittaa (fi)
• French: glacer (fr)
• Spanish: velar (es)

to look bored

• French: s'embuer, devenir virtreux

References

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

Anagrams

• Elâzığ

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Dutch

Verb

glaze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of glazen