glamour

English

Alternative forms

  • glamor (US), however the -our spelling is the preferred and most common spelling in the United States.

Etymology

From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).

The Scottish term may either be from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “gram”), the weight unit of ingredients used to make magic potions, or an alteration of the English word grammar (“any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning”).

A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (poet. “moon,” name of a ghost) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

glamour (countable and uncountable, plural glamours)

  1. (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
  2. Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
  3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  5. (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
    glamour magazines; a glamour model

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

glamour (third-person singular simple present glamours, present participle glamouring, simple past and past participle glamoured)

  1. (transitive) To enchant; to bewitch.

References

Danish

Etymology

From English glamour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlamuːr/, [ɡ̊laˈmuːɐ̯] or IPA(key): /ɡlamɔr/, [ˈɡ̊lamɒ]

Noun

glamour c (singular definite glamouren, not used in plural form)

  1. glamour

Derived terms

  • glamourisere
  • glamourøs

Finnish

Noun

glamour

  1. glamour (charm)

Declension

Inflection of glamour (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative glamour glamourit
genitive glamourin glamourien
partitive glamouria glamoureja
illative glamouriin glamoureihin
singular plural
nominative glamour glamourit
accusative nom. glamour glamourit
gen. glamourin
genitive glamourin glamourien
partitive glamouria glamoureja
inessive glamourissa glamoureissa
elative glamourista glamoureista
illative glamouriin glamoureihin
adessive glamourilla glamoureilla
ablative glamourilta glamoureilta
allative glamourille glamoureille
essive glamourina glamoureina
translative glamouriksi glamoureiksi
instructive — glamourein
abessive glamouritta glamoureitta
comitative — glamoureineen

French

Noun

glamour m (uncountable)

  1. glamour

Adjective

glamour (invariable)

  1. glamorous

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English glamour

Noun

glamour m (definite singular glamouren)

  1. glamour

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English glamour

Noun

glamour m (definite singular glamouren)

  1. glamour

References

Spanish

Etymology

From English glamour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡla.ˈmuɾ/

Noun

glamour m (uncountable)

  1. glamour (charm)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

glamour c (definite singular glamouren) (uncountable)

  1. glamour
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