glosa

See also: Glosa, glósa, glosá, glosą, and glosă

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈɡlo̞.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɡlɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡlɔ.za]

Etymology 1

Noun

glosa f (plural gloses)

1. (music, especially Mallorca) short, often improvised folk song or popular song
2. (archaic) alternative form of glossa (“gloss; commentary”)

Etymology 2

Verb

glosa

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡlosa]

Noun

glosa f

1. gloss (a brief explanatory note)

Declension

Declension of glosa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	glosa	glosy
genitive	glosy	glos
dative	glose	glosám
accusative	glosu	glosy
vocative	gloso	glosy
locative	glose	glosách
instrumental	glosou	glosami

See also

• vysvětlivka

Further reading

• “glosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlo.za/
• Homophones: glosas, glosât

Verb

glosa

1. third-person singular past historic of gloser

Anagrams

• goals

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔsa/ [ˈɡlɔ.s̺ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡlɔsa/ [ˈɡlɔ.s̺ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħlɔsa/ [ˈħlɔ.s̺ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔsa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)

1. (countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

Related terms

• glosario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glosa

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “glosa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “glosa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “glosa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “glosa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “glosa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫoː.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlɔː.s̬a]

Noun

glōsa f (genitive glōsae); first declension

1. alternative spelling of glossa

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	glōsa	glōsae
genitive	glōsae	glōsārum
dative	glōsae	glōsīs
accusative	glōsam	glōsās
ablative	glōsā	glōsīs
vocative	glōsa	glōsae

References

• "glosa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “glōsa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 716/2.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• glosen

Noun

glosa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of glose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

glosa f

1. definite singular of glose

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: glo‧sa

Noun

glosa f

1. (lexicography) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Declension

Declension of glosa

	singular	plural
nominative	glosa	glosy
genitive	glosy	glos
dative	glosie	glosom
accusative	glosę	glosy
instrumental	glosą	glosami
locative	glosie	glosach
vocative	gloso	glosy

Further reading

• “glosa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “glosa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: glo‧sa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)

1. (countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

Related terms

• glossário

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glosa

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “glosa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “glosa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “glosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “glosa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “glosa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “glosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlosa/ [ˈɡlo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: glo‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Noun

glosa f (plural glosas)

1. gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

glosa

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “glosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glosa. Borrowed from Latin glossa. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă). According to SO attested since circa 1600.

Noun

glosa c

1. (education) a (standalone) (foreign) word; a vocabulary word

   Synonym: ord

   Jag har 20 engelska glosor i hemläxa.

   I have 20 English words as homework.

Usage notes

• Seldom used in settings outside language learning.

Declension

Declension of glosa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	glosa	glosas
	definite	glosan	glosans
plural	indefinite	glosor	glosors
	definite	glosorna	glosornas

See also

• glossa (“gloss”)
• vokabel (“vocable”)

References

• “glosa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “glosa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)