guisa

See also: Guisa and guisá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.za/

Noun

guisa f (plural guises)

1. manner, way

Derived terms

• a guisa de
• guisar

Further reading

• “guisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin. Cognate with, among others, English wise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa̝/

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. (now literary) manner, way
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:

     Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla

     The good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, a ounce and a half of oak gall

Derived terms

• aguisar
• guisadeira
• guisado
• guisar
• guiso

References

• “guisa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “guisa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “guisa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Portuguese guisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: guì‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guise)

1. (literary) manner, way

Further reading

• guisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• guia
• guiza

Etymology

From Late Latin [Term?] (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiza/

Noun

guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)

1. way, manner
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:

     Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].

     My lady tries to test me to find out how much I love her.

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• guysa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiza/

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. way, manner
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v.

     Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ¬ demádo ćſeio al nŕo ſénor. E nol reſpódio en nulla guẏſa.

     [Then] Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, [but] He did not respond to him in any way.

Synonyms

• manera f

Descendants

• Spanish: guisa

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡizɐ/
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, habit

   Synonym: maneira

2. way

   à guisa de ― by way of

   Synonym: modo

Derived terms

• aguisar

Further reading

• “guisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Comapre English wise, guise and German weise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa/, [ˈɡi.sa]
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, guise, way
   • 1585, Miguel de Cervantes, La Galatea 1

     el diestro brazo levantado, a guisa de quien esperaba hacer algún recio tiro

2. habit

Derived terms

• a guisa de

 

Further reading

• “guisa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of guisar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of guisar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of guisar.